North American Power Failure Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96
The fact is that a power failure can occur at any time. Strangely enough, the power failure that occurred on August 14 throughout the east of Canada and the United States, represented about the...
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Myth of TEPCO’s Power Shortage: Tokyo can survive without nuclear power! Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96
*The power supply capacity is compiled according to TEPCO’s data. In addition, TEPCO could increase its supply capacity provided by outside of TEPCO’s facilities, not reflected in offcial data. As of August 31, 11...
‘Interim’ Storage Facility: Fears that it will become a permanent disposal site Nuke Info Tokyo No. 95
On April 11, Tokyo Power Electric Co. (TEPCO) submitted its plan to construct an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuels in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture. Upon receiving TEPCO’s request, Mutsu set up a...
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant: Leakage from Storage Pool, Defective Construction Work, and Escalating Costs Nuke Info Tokyo No. 95
At the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) in Aomori Prefecture, a series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the storage tank and the defective construction work...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Kiyoshi Yoshimura: ‘A Logical and Stern Critic of Nuclear Energy’ Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
By Teruyuki Matsushita It was the beginning of the age of nuclear energy in Japan. This ‘dream-like’ form of energy was first produced at the nuclear power station on the Tsuruga Peninsula. It was...
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan All electric companies in Japan had completed the Electric Supply Plan for the fiscal year of 2003 by the end of March*. In these...
Proposed Plan for Japan’s Electric Power Liberalization Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
Since World War II, Japan’s electricity has been supplied under a monopoly system by a small number of large electric power companies.However, in 1995 the Electric Utilities Industry Law (EUIL) was revised and, for...
All 17 of TEPCO’s units shut down Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
Anti-nukes celebrate the shutdown of 17 nuclear plants in front of the TEPCO building on April 15 Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc. (TEPCO) shut down all of its nuclear power plants (NPPs) for...
Judgement on JCO Criticality Accident: Missing Links still Remain Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
The Mito District Court (15km from JCO in Tokaimura) where the ruling on JCO was delivered. On the morning of March 3, the Mito District court delivered a ruling on JCO Co. (JCO),...
Anti-Nuke Who’s who: Tomi Maeda Nuke Info Tokyo No. 93
By Takeo Hashizume Ms. Tomi Maeda, 77, years old woman, has been vocal opponent of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture and has been involved in the Mothers’ group against the nuclear...