The reprocessing business has no merit, while the Company must bear a considerable amount of costs and enormous risks. MOX fuel, the product of reprocessing, is significantly more expensive than uranium fuel, costing 10 times or more, so it lacks economic rationality. Even during normal operations, in a single day a reprocessing plant discharges an amount of radioactive substances equivalent to that released from a nuclear power plant in a year. The sea area near the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant, which will be affected by this unprecedented level of burden, is an internationally important fishing site boasting an abundant ecosystem. Sea contamination will not only affect fisheries but also pose a serious risk to consumers’ diets and health on a broad scale. Once a major accident occurs at a reprocessing plant, it can cause irreversible damage to communities and the natural environment, with long-term effects that will utterly destroy people’s lives and industries. The Company will not be able to sustain its operations as it has over 22.0 trillion yen in debt to address only the nuclear accident, spending about 8.0 trillion yen for the decommissioning of the reactors, about 9.0 trillion yen for compensation, and about 6.0 trillion yen for decontamination, etc. The Company shall not proceed with the reprocessing business, which involves substantial investment and risks.