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During the three days from December 1 to 3, the Japanese organizations opposing nuclear power took various actions to demand decommissioning of the “Monju” reactor. The organizations included Fukui Prefecture Citizens Against Nuclear Power,...
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...
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,...
As reported in NIT 138, on August 26, when a 3-ton relay device used during replacement of fuel in the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) was being removed, it dropped back into...
On September 10 Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) announced that the commencement of commercial operations of its Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant would be delayed by two years from October this year to October 2012. This...
An accident occurred on August 26 at the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Full details have not yet emerged, but it seems that it was quite serious....
October date for full operations definitely won’t be met The vitrification furnace at Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd’s (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is being restored. However, this only means that the prospects of resuming active...
As mentioned in NIT 136, on May 6 the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280MWe), developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), was restarted for the first time in over 14 years....
On May 12, the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced an agreement by which Japan would throw a lifeline to the UK’s troubled Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). SMP was originally designed to produce 120...