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Cabinet decides to scrap Monju At a meeting on 21 September, the Cabinet decided to decomission the Monju fast breeder reactor. The Chief Cabinet Secretary announced at the end of the meeting that an...

Operational Period Extension Approved for Takahama Units 1 and 2 On June 20, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved extensions of the operational periods of Units 1 and 2 (both PWR, 826 MW) of...

Establishing a liaison for exports to China In an article dated March 23, The Denki Shimbun (a Japanese daily newspaper covering energy and electricity) reported that Japan’s nuclear energy industry had teamed up to...

Preparations for Ice Wall Completed at Fukushima Daiichi Construction of equipment for creating a wall of frozen soil to prevent groundwater influx into Fukushima Daiichi units 1 to 4 (no longer operating) was completed...

Earthquake-related Deaths Top 2,000 in Fukushima Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture announced on December 25, 2015 that the number of certified “related fatalities” occurring within the prefecture as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake...

Takahama Unit 3 Reactor Hustled into Pre-operational Inspection Former TEPCO Executives Face Mandatory Indictment Policies Promoting Return to Contaminated Areas Gaining Headway Decontamination Waste Stored On-Site at Over 100,000 Locations Fukushima Fishing Cooperatives Approve...

Nuclear Fuel Loaded into Sendai NPS Unit 1 Fiscal Year 2030 Energy Mix Plan Decided Fukushima Daiichi NPS Decommissioning Work Schedule Revised Accelerated Resident Repatriation Policy Residents of Naraha Town Opposed to Lifting of...

Five Superannuated Reactors Decommissioned 2030 Electric Power Generation Cost Estimations Investigation of Interior of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Reactor Containment Vessel Commences CSC Signed Three Methods Proposed for Removing Fuel Debris   Five Superannuated...

Green Light Given for Restarting Takahama Units 3 and 4 Taipower Initiates Public Bidding for Overseas Reprocessing Consignments New Agreement between Kyoto Pref. and KEPCO Prosecution of Former Management of TEPCO Dropped Again Talks...

Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 Pool Fuel Removal Completed Approval under New Regulatory Requirements Sought for Ohma NPP Nuclear Regulation Authority has “No Specially Designated Secrets” Westinghouse Concludes Long-term Contract with EDF for Fuel Orders...