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As reported in NIT 112, active testing (“hot tests”) of the Rokkasho reprocessing plant commenced on 31 March 2006. The tests are scheduled to continue for 16 months until July 2007, during which time...
The first publicly disclosed leak during the active tests at Rokkasho reprocessing plant occurred at 3:40 am on 11 April 2006. Forty liters of radioactive fluid leaked from the hull rinser vessel, which is...
On March 31st “active tests”, using spent nuclear fuel, began at Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd’s (JNFL) Rokkasho reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture. On this day the spent fuel was only carried from the storage...
In March the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA, formerly JNC (Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute)) released the final report of its “Feasibility Study on Commercialized Fast Breeder Reactor Cycle System”, Phase II (hereafter referred...
1. Objective It is impossible to operate the Rokkasho reprocessing plant without discharging radioactivity with the liquid and gaseous wastes. It is, therefore, important for citizens to have information that they can trust about...
Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium will be separated from spent fuel at Rokkasho. Of course, Japan has been separating plutonium at...
The following significant developments emerged in regard to the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Japan’s Plutonium Utilization Plan as this edition of NIT was going to press: 1. On 23 January Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd....
On 7 February 2005, Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa granted approval for the start of modifications to the Monju fast breeder reactor (FBR, 280 MW), which had been shut down for over nine years. Upon...
On September 7th the Minister of Economy Trade and Industry approved Kyushu Electric Power Company’s pluthermal1 plan for Genkai-3. This followed favorable reports by the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) on 29 August and by the...
On June 8th it was confirmed that there had been yet another leak from the spent fuel storage pool (Figure 1) at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant. The location of the leak was a corner...