Category: Data
Workers’ Radiation Exposure at Japan’s Nuclear Facilities (April 2004 – March 2005)
In July, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) released data relating to worker radiation exposure and the management of radioactive waste at nuclear facilities for the 2004 fiscal year. The data covers nuclear power reactors,...
Data: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as at 2004)
The government has published details of Japan’s plutonium inventory for 2004. Click on the links below for relevant tables and analysis. 2004 plutonium inventory plus overview of long term trends – article in Nuke Info...
Recent Trends in Japanese Nuclear Industry Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
Refer to the two diagrams below for data on electric utilities’ expenditure and the nuclear industry’s sales and orders. On February 4th the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF) released a report on the state of...
2005 Electric Power Supply Plan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
The decline of nuclear energy – as seen in the 2005 Electric Power Supply Plan The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s (METI) Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has released the 2005...
New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council to reprocess or not to reprocess: four scenarios
New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council to reprocess or not to reprocess: four scenarios This page deals with the New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council’s Interim Report Concerning the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy released on 12 November 2004. This report...
New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council Costings for Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel
New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council Costings for Direct Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel The following tables and diagrams are taken from calculations of cost comparisons for four scenarios for dealing with spent nuclear fuel. The...
Japanese Nuclear Industry’s Back End Costs
Extract from article printed in Nuke Info Tokyo No.98 by Masako Sawai, CNIC (Nov,03-Feb04) Total cost of reprocessing 11 trillion yen In November the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan stated that total back-end costs amount...
Significant incidents at Japanese nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel facilities (Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2003)
DATE Operator Facility Name Type Short Description of Incidents Feb. 7 JNFL (Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Reprocessing Plant Leak detected at fuel assembly transfer pit Feb. 12 Kansai-EPCO Takahama-1 Pressurized Water...
Workers’ radiation exposure at Japanese nuclear facilities (2003)
In July this year (2004) the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) released figures relating to the radiation doses received by workers at Japanese nuclear facilities during the 2003 business year (April 2003 –...
