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By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) These materials summarize the main accidents and breakdowns that took place at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel-related facilities in FY2020. The materials are based on reports from the Nuclear...
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) decided at a meeting last year not to produce its “Report on Radioactivity Management relating to Nuclear Power Facilities,” which it had been publishing each...
By Matsukubo Hajime, CNIC State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) varies mostly around less than 32oC and no great changes have been seen....
Selected accidents at nuclear facilities in Japan in 2019:
By Ban Hideyuki, CNIC Co-Director The Atomic Energy Commission released the official report on Japan’s plutonium holdings as of the end of 2019. Significant changes included the amount of plutonium stored at reactors in...
Our bi-annual summary of nuclear facilities in the East Asia region. Compared to the previous one, Japan’s nuclear fleet is definitely dwindling as permanent shutdowns continue. The same is true of Korea and Taiwan....
Fukushima Prefecture has been implementing thyroid gland examinations for children (born between April 2, 1992 and April 1, 2012) who were living in the prefecture at the time of the earthquake and nuclear disaster....
by Nishio Baku, CNIC Co-Director The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided at a meeting on 27 February 2019 that the ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ which they had released annually up until last...
Selected accidents at nuclear facilities in Japan in 2018: cnic.jp/english/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DATA-NPP-Accident-List-2018.pdf
by Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co Director) The 2018 official report on Japan’s stockpile of extracted plutonium revealed that the amount of such plutonium stored at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant...
