News Watch (August 3,2026)
2 to 5 Large Nukes by 2040, 11 to 14 by 2050? “Future Direction of Nuclear Energy Policy and Action Guidelines,” adopted in April 2024 by the Council of Ministers on Nuclear Energy of...
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News Watch (May 14, 2026)
Japan’s Government Okays Gargantuan Financing for New and Renovated Large-scale Power Supplies Proposed amendments to Japan’s Electricity Business Act were adopted by the Cabinet on March 24 and presented to the Diet. These...
News Watch (March 23, 2026)
Request for Literature Survey on Minamitorishima Akazawa Ryosei, Japan’s Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), made a request on March 3 to Shibuya Masaaki, Mayor of Ogasawara Village, for his understanding and...
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Data Fabrication for Hamaoka Restart Safety Review Chubu Electric Power Co. announced on January 5 that suspicions had come to light regarding the selection of representative waves in the seismic motion evaluation for...
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Kanden Resumes On-site Survey for Expansion of Mihama Nuke Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden) announced on July 22 that it would resume its geological survey for siting a new reactor at its Mihama Nuclear...
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Former TEPCO Management Not Responsible for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Supreme Court and Tokyo High Court Rulings On March 5, in the trial of criminal responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Supreme Court of...
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Second Experimental Retrieval of Debris Following up on the first experimental retrieval of debris at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 reactor in November 2024 (see the News Watch articles in Nuke...
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Strategic Energy Plan and Other Cabinet Decisions Japan’s government adopted the 7th Strategic Energy Plan on February 18 together with the GX2040 Vision and Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures in cabinet decisions. “GX”...
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Onagawa and Shimane Unit 2 Reactors Restarted Nuclear reactors of the same type as Fukushima’s have been restarted at two nuclear power plants (NPPs), marking the first time in the 13 and a half...
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Onagawa Unit 2 Shut Down During Restart Due to Problems The Unit 2 reactor of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (BWR, 825 MW) was restarted on October 29 to resume...