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First NPP Equipped with Anti-terrorism Safety Measures Begins Operating Kyushu Electric Power Co. started up Unit 1 at its Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on November 17. This is the first NPP in Japan...
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New Inspection System for NPPs Launched The nuclear power plant (NPP) inspection system that has been managed by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) and its secretariat was changed dramatically on April 1 to emphasize...
Blowout Panels Useless in an Accident – Basic design fault of the Tokai No.2 NPP
Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), the same as the reactors which melted down at Fukushima Daiichi NPS. Its containment vessel is also Mark II type. Tokai...
Can TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Units 6 and 7 be Restarted?
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) finalized the draft of its inspection documents regarding the Application Form for Approval of Changes to Nuclear Facilities for Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (below,...
Fukushima Evacuees abandoned by the government
Lifting of evacuation orders means an end to compensation payments for evacuees After the Fukushima nuclear accident, some 160,000 people were forced to leave their hometowns and evacuate the region. Even now, some 100,000...
Evaluating the Safety of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants The ‘Mokkai’ Accident Investigation Committee and Nuclear Power Safety Evaluation Project
Worldwide there are currently 442 nuclear reactors operating in 30 countries. While other countries have no intention of competing with each other in this field, Japan’s government stands apart by declaring its regulatory standards...
Extending the Lifespan of Takahama Units 1 and 2: Sloppy RPV Surveillance Method
written by Hiromitsu INO Nuclear Power Plant Ageing Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo On April 30, 2015, Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for...
CNIC Public Comment on the Draft Report for the New Regulatory Requirements Screening for the Kansai Electric Power Company’s Takahama Nuclear Power Plant Nuke Info Tokyo No. 164
Location of the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant Background As a result of reflection on the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident, the regulation of the use of nuclear...
Report on the 82nd CNIC Public Research Meeting What are the Problems with the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s New Safety Standards? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 155
Speaker: Mr. Satoshi Sato (Director and Vice-President of Master Power Associates Co., Ltd., and former General Electric nuclear power plant engineer) The Photo of 82nd CNIC Public Research Meeting The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) ...
Aging Nuclear Power Plants focusing in particular on irradiation embrittlement of pressure vessels Nuke Info Tokyo No. 149
Ino Hisamitsu * Table 2: Results of monitoring tests on mother material of Genkai-1 reactor pressure vessel (Continued from Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148) We must first understand the data on which this is...
