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1. Objective It is impossible to operate the Rokkasho reprocessing plant without discharging radioactivity with the liquid and gaseous wastes. It is, therefore, important for citizens to have information that they can trust about...
Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium will be separated from spent fuel at Rokkasho. Of course, Japan has been separating plutonium at...
(804 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 111 Rokkasho: active tests to begin any day Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium...
Toshiba wins bid for WestinghouseCompany established for intermediate storage of spent fuel Construction of Shimane-3 launched Mitsubishi Heavy Industries receives two PBMR contracts Mihama-3 suspension order lifted Onagawa-2 resumes operation General Electric and three...
By Chiyoko Tsukamoto* The first reactor at Chubu Electric Power Company’s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Omaezaki City, Shizuoka Prefecture, commenced operations in 1976. There are now five reactors at the plant. From...
The following significant developments emerged in regard to the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Japan’s Plutonium Utilization Plan as this edition of NIT was going to press: 1. On 23 January Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd....
By Tsutomu Hirosawa* There is something I want people to understand first of all. That is that nuclear submarines frequently visit the US’s Yokosuka Naval Base. Last year nuclear submarines visited 17 times for...
On 8 December 2005, Tohoku Electric Power Company’s Higashidoori-1 (BWR, 1,100 MW) commenced operations. With this new reactor, there are now 54 nuclear reactors in Japan, together having a total output of approximately 48...