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1. KK-3 Problems Seismic motion Niigata Prefecture’s subcommittee on equipment integrity and seismic safety began its review of the integrity of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) Unit 3 (BWR, 1100MW) on December 13, 2010. However it is...
Photo: On the beach facing Monju On December 4, about 1,000 people gathered in Tsuruga City for a public meeting and demonstration to demand the closure of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR,...
(1 MB) Monju’s Never Ending Problems On December 4, about 1,000 people gathered in Tsuruga City for a public meeting and demonstration to demand the closure of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. Problems...
Media Release December 15, 2010 Petition Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Viet Nam ~Japanese Government Support for Exports of Nuclear Power Plants~ Today a petition, endorsed by 79 groups (52 Japanese...
Year Date Facility Overview Report Classification 2010 April 2 Onagawa 1 Damage to a pipe joint in the standby liquid control system accumulator. April 2 Shika 1 Primary loop recirculation system flow restrictor device...
Construction of Rokkasho MOX Factory Commences Application for Second HLW Shipment from the UK Japanese consortium to do feasibility study for Kazakhstan nuclear power plant Bid for Kazakhstan’s Planned HTR Public-private partnership to promote...
Interviewed by Philip White* Kiyohiko Yamada was born and bred in Misawa City in eastern Aomori Prefecture. Misawa is home to a large US air base and is also the entry point to the...
Thirty years ago Ryusuke Umeda, who currently lives in Fukuoka City, was exposed to radiation while working on periodic inspections of the Shimane-1 and Tsuruga-1 nuclear power plants. In September 2008 he applied for...
On October 28 Niigata Prefecture’s technical committee, in its third meeting for the year, concluded that it was safe to restart Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 5 Reactor (KK-5, BWR, 1100MW). If...
As reported in NIT 138, on August 26, when a 3-ton relay device used during replacement of fuel in the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) was being removed, it dropped back into...