Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (President: Tomoaki Kobayakawa; hereinafter referred to as; ‘‘TEPCO”) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Yoshida Inc. (CEO: Yoko Yoshida; hereinafter referred to as, ‘‘Yoshida”) and MELTIN MMI Co., Ltd. (CEO: Masahiro Kasuya; hereinafter referred to as, “MELTIN”) for the purpose of engaging in the joint study of remotely operated isolating and shielding devices currently under development by Yoshida and MELTIN in anticipation of the practical application of this technology for the decommissioning of the TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

Yoshida and MELTIN have been jointly developing analysis equipment that can be used to analyze radioactive materials at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by combining Yoshida’s technology for isolating and shielding radioactive material analysis gloveboxes with MELTIN’s remotely operated robot technology.

Since TEPCO recognizes the potential of this technology to meet certain needs in the field, the three companies have signed a MoU in accordance with which TEPCO shall provide information on practical analysis vital for further technological development and cooperate with confirming that the equipment meets various needs in the field pertaining to, for example, operability and radiation resistance.

Through this joint initiative, we aim to contribute to decommissioning and contaminated water countermeasures at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by developing safer and more efficient radioactive material analysis equipment.