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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...
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...
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...
By Komura Kazuo (Former Aomori Prefectural Assembly Member, Co-Director of the Aomori Prefecture Citizens’ Association to Protect the Future from Nuclear Waste) On July 27, 1984, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of...
September 27, 2024 This September, two major events are taking place in Japanese politics. One is the Liberal Democratic Party presidential election (votes were counted today, September 27th), and the other is the election...
September 10, 2024 On September 10, 2024, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) began collecting samples of the debris [1] at Unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. However, it is not...
August 27, 2024 Two and half years have passed since Russia launched its military invasion against Ukraine. There have been a great number of casualties on both sides. Russia is waging a war of...
August 23, 2024 On August 23rd, the Japanese Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) reported to Aomori Prefecture the postponement of the target for completion of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant, which had been set as the...