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By Somatani Kenta (Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee) Mukohara Yoshitaka Co-Director, Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee. Representative...
Onagawa Unit 2 Shut Down During Restart Due to Problems The Unit 2 reactor of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (BWR, 825 MW) was restarted on October 29 to resume...
November 26, 2024 On November 22, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) submitted its report on the literature survey, the first phase of the survey for the construction of a final disposal...
October 29, 2024 The Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 reactor has serious safety problems, but Tohoku Electric Power is heading towards a restart. First of all, let us remind ourselves that the Onagawa...
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Takakuwa Mayu Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
By Matsukubo Hajime State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) shows no great variation despite seasonal temperature changes. The state of releases of...
By Yamaguchi Yukio I. Thirteen and a half years have passed since the unprecedented catastrophe of the Fukushima nuclear accident. While reflecting on the deep sadness experienced by people who have lost their...
By Nishio Baku Nuclear Reactor Regulation Act Requires Revocation of Permit It was confirmed on August 2 at an extraordinary meeting of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) that the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station...
Rough Sailing for Fukushima Daiichi Fuel Debris Removal Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) suspended its experimental attempt to retrieve fused nuclear fuel (debris) on September 17 from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit...
By Ito Kazuko In December 1983, the prime minister at the time, Nakasone Yasuhiro, announced that the Shimokita Peninsula would become a nuclear power Mecca, and on April 9, 1985, the governor of...