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December 15, 2010 Mr. Akihiro Ohata Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Petition Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Viet Nam ~Japanese Government Support for Exports of Nuclear Power Plants~...
Higashidori-1: application for extended operation cycle On October 15 Tohoku Electric Power Company announced that it planned to increase the length of continuous operation of its Higashidori-1 reactor (BWR, 1110 MW) from the current...
The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant has entered the third year since active testing using spent nuclear fuel came to a halt in December 2008 due to problems with the vitrification facility (see NIT 129). Japan...
The centrifuges at Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd’s (JNFL) Rokkasho Uranium Enrichment Plant, located four kilometers to the northeast of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant, have fallen silent. The last line was shut down on December...
1. KK-3 Problems Seismic motion Niigata Prefecture’s subcommittee on equipment integrity and seismic safety began its review of the integrity of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) Unit 3 (BWR, 1100MW) on December 13, 2010. However it is...
Photo: On the beach facing Monju On December 4, about 1,000 people gathered in Tsuruga City for a public meeting and demonstration to demand the closure of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR,...
Media Release December 15, 2010 Petition Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Viet Nam ~Japanese Government Support for Exports of Nuclear Power Plants~ Today a petition, endorsed by 79 groups (52 Japanese...
Interviewed by Philip White* Kiyohiko Yamada was born and bred in Misawa City in eastern Aomori Prefecture. Misawa is home to a large US air base and is also the entry point to the...
Thirty years ago Ryusuke Umeda, who currently lives in Fukuoka City, was exposed to radiation while working on periodic inspections of the Shimane-1 and Tsuruga-1 nuclear power plants. In September 2008 he applied for...
On October 28 Niigata Prefecture’s technical committee, in its third meeting for the year, concluded that it was safe to restart Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa No. 5 Reactor (KK-5, BWR, 1100MW). If...