First MOX Powder Produced at Rokkasho Nuke Info Tokyo No. 115
As reported in previous issues of NIT, active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant began on 31 March 2006. The plan is to reprocess 430 tons of spent fuel over 17 months in 5...
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As reported in previous issues of NIT, active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant began on 31 March 2006. The plan is to reprocess 430 tons of spent fuel over 17 months in 5...
Degradation cannot be predicted One of the most frightening type of nuclear accidents is a sudden break-up of the reactor pressure vessel as a result of embrittlement. The pressure vessel of a boiling water...
Photo: From left, Seok Kwanghoon, Kim Yongguk, chair Kim Sung Kuk, Mitsuhiko Tanaka and interpreter Kim Bonnyo On October 24th I attended a symposium in Busan, South Korea, concerning the life extension of...
Despite North Korea’s prior warning, its nuclear test came as a great shock in Japan. Once again, the question of whether Japan should acquire nuclear weapons raised its ugly head. At this stage it...
By Shun’ichi Uchiyama* Downtown Tokyo high school students Mayuko Suzuki (L) and Mina Hosoi with children in a children’s hospital in Kiev Chernobyl was a terrible accident. Despite what the government and the power...
Summary of article by Dr. Hiroshi Satomi of the Food Irradiation Network The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) decided in 1965 to develop food irradiation as part of a policy of promoting multiple applications of...
Quantity of Radioactivity Handled by Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant commenced active tests on 31 March 2006, the last day of the 2005 fiscal year. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) wanted to...
On 31 May 2006 the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) released a “New National Energy Strategy”. This Strategy contains a new phrase, “Nuclear Energy National Building”. This phrase had not appeared before...
On August 4th, two spent fuel assemblies were shipped from Kawasaki to DoE’s Idaho National Laboratory (see picture above). The fuel was enriched to 20% and was used in the Research Reactor (100 kWt)...
By Hideki Hayashi* Tetsuya Tanaka with a radiation detector In 1967, immediately after the plan for the Shika Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was announced, the Togifukuura Alliance was formed to oppose the...