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Prime Minister Naoto Kan Minister for Foreign Affairs Katsuya Okada Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Masayuki Naoshima Chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission Shunsuke Kondo Japanese Nuclear Cooperation with India Represents Support...
Japanese Government frantically trying to win nuclear orders from Vietnam MOX fuel departs France JNFL fails to recover fallen tile Construction of MOX fabrication plant postponed MHI to invest in Areva TEPCO to Invest...
By Ramboh* The Rainbow Kayak Squadron is a group of concerned individuals, including local outdoor guides and people from around Japan. Each member acts voluntarily in the belief that the Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant1...
On March 16 the electric power companies reported their plutonium utilization plans for the 2010 fiscal year to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). They also published data on the quantity of separated plutonium they...
On March 31, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy released the 2010 Fiscal Year (FY2010) Electric Supply Plan Outline. The plan brings together the plans of all...
On May 12, the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced an agreement by which Japan would throw a lifeline to the UK’s troubled Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). SMP was originally designed to produce 120...
In February 2009 a working group on uprating was established within the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. The working group met on six occasions and...
Chugoku Electric is unqualified to operate nuclear power plants at all, let alone build a new one at Kaminoseki (see Group Introduction). On March 30 Chugoku Electric Power Company announced that it had failed...
On May 11 Niigata Prefecture’s technical committee on safety control of nuclear power plants endorsed the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) Unit 1 (BWR, 1100MW). KK-1 was shaken most (680 Gal*) and incurred the...
On May 6, at 10:36 am, Japan’s Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) began test operations for the first time in 14 years. The reactor reached criticality precisely two days later on May...