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In response to the maintenance data falsification scandal concerning the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. (TEPCO), the government immediately set up two committees on September 13. One committee is expected to evaluate how the...
Core Shroud Design Characteristics The core shroud in a BWR is a huge stainless steel cylindrical component within the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) that surrounds the fuel assemblies. The core shroud acts as a...
the “TEPCO scandal” and the adverse trend of easing inspection standards There has been a series of significant nuclear accidents over the past few years. To name a few, there was the Monju sodium...
(512 KB Revelation of Endless N-damage Cover-ups This series of cover-ups showed the scandal was not merely TEPCO’s particular problem but involved most of the nation’s electric companies Mechanism of Core Shroud and...
Date Facility Brief Description of Event Jan 15 Fukushima II-1 Reactor manually shutdown due to rupture of coolant flow measurement housing tube at jet pump. Mar 4 Takahama-2 Power reduction due to...
Figure 1: Annual Collective Dose of Workers’ Radiation Exposure at Nuclear Plants, 1980-2002 (FY) The workers’ exposure to radiation at nuclear power stations reached its maximum around 1980, but declined there after as a...
ANRE Begins Nuclear Promotion Education in Earnest An ANIS’ Assistant Section Chief Arrested on Suspicion of Bribery New Construction of Tsuruga 3 and 4 Incorporated into the Government’s Plan NFI Begins Preparation for PBMR...
Imanaka T., ed. 2001. “Recent Research Activities about the Chernobyl NPP Accident in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.” Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University. KURRI-KR-79 (ISSN 1342-0852) Sixteen years have passed since the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Ms. Toshiko Baba By Ikuko Sugiura At first glance, Ms. Toshiko Baba seems to be an ordinary woman, but in fact she is quite unique. Her activity stems from nothing special,...
Disputes at Fukushima Prefecture: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Fukushima Energy Policy Review Committee (FEPRC) exchange their views. The 20th Fukushima Energy Policy Review Committee (FEPRC) was held in Fukushima city on August 8...