What is the company "Kurion" that profits from the treatment of radioactive waste that was also active in Fukushima?

"Kurion(Curyon) "is a company specializing in the business related to the treatment of radioactive waste and hazardous waste. in the pastSigned contract for tank water treatment at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power StationOr,Developed a system for remotely removing nuclear fuel and isotopesAlthough it has been active as a company, it is only 8 years since the establishment at a price of 350 million dollars (about 41 billion yen) from the same company of the same energy industryProspect to be acquiredIt became clear that it is. Venture capital Lux Capital has summarized whether Vircare Capital's ability to make great achievements in the field of "treatment of radioactive waste" that Kurion has been considered difficult in only 8 years.

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It is the largest nuclear accident in the past 25 yearsFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant AccidentWhen I got up, "Kurion", which was about 3 years of startup after birth, knew that it was a difficult problem, but quickly announced its response to nuclear power plant. About 20 years after the lapse of about 5 years, Kurion is an energy-related company based in Paris, FranceVeoliaIt became clear that it will be acquired by.

It is said that Kurion's ability to grow so far in the field of radioactive waste disposal in just a few years is said to have been "taking actions against people" many times so far It is said that it was "an outsider"

ByChris Potter

Currently, a large amount of fossil fuels are used around the world. By 2007 to mid-2008, crude oil prices soared more than doubled because fossil fuels are finite resources. However, as the world population continues to increase, it is clear that more energy is being sought for by the emergence of economically growing countries. In addition, it is clear that fossil fuel has an adverse effect on the global environment, so "developing an inexpensive energy source to replace this" will lead to a big business opportunity.

Indeed, in the energy industry, the development race of new energy to replace fossil fuels has broken out, and research using sunlight and ethanol is active actively. In such energy industry, nuclear power generation using nuclear energy was considered a promising energy source. However, the "uranium mining business" that is the source of nuclear energy is overwhelmed by fraudsters, and even if you use uranium to generate electricity, just by making a small module furnace it will cost a very expensive Upon generating electricity, it is also necessary to bear the risk that radioactive substances will come out.

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Kurion, who had been trying to enter such an energy industry, asked about 300 experts to investigate "What kind of future is the future when the energy industry grew and shrinks?" It seems he did a thorough market research. Furthermore, I read all the research reports, it seems that I wore attachment related knowledge. Among them, Kurion knows that there are 440 nuclear reactors around the world. I also notice that these are the same size as the American nuclear bomb manufacturing industry. In addition, Kurion noticed that the nuclear power industry also had a big challenge of "how to deal with the waste generated" and "how to deal with the second Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident" is. In addition, from the information published by the US Department of Energy, we know that in the United States we spend $ 6 billion annually on radioactive waste disposal (about 700 billion yen).

Treatment of nuclear waste is very difficult and it may take more than 50 years to completely process nuclear waste. However, at that time, it seemed that science and technology of the most advanced state had not been introduced at the time, and based on those circumstances, Kurion "to be a startup specializing in processing advanced radioactive waste" It seems I made a decision.


However, Kurion seems to have been in a series of hardships at the time of its establishment, especially as many startups seemed to have been struggling very hard to secure talent. But fortunately Kurion is the world's largest nuclear industry complex headquartered in FranceAREVASucceeded to pull out the current CEO William Gallo. Others include John Foster, a senior official of the former White House,FluorMr. Mike Stuart, CFO before,WestinghouseMr. Alice · Candris who is the former CEO of Mr. Alice, has succeeded in welcoming many excellent talent.

And, for safe processing of radiation wasteRobot development, Discovery of chemical treatments to convert dangerous radioactive isotopes into stable substances, making low-level radioactive waste into glassy solids by mixing with glass formers and other additivesGeoMeltWe proceeded with development and built up a position within the industry.

Low level radioactive waste that became a glassy solid with GeoMelt.


Furthermore, at the time of the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, we concluded a contract on tank water treatment at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and we also had a record of participating in the treatment of radioactive waste as soon as possible. In addition, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant also provided technical system building know-how to process 68 million gallons (about 260 million liters) of radioactive waste. Kurion says, "When I finished my work in Fukushima, I succeeded in removing almost all radioactive isotopes including cesium from the disaster site."

After that, based on the achievements at Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kurion accumulates further achievements in the market in the US and Europe, and finally it will be acquired by Veolia in France. Lux Capital wrote, "As lighting up in any future depending on creativity and ideas," as Kurion came up as a startup in the field of "treatment of radioactive waste" that everyone thought was difficult. I will.