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Takahama Units 3, 4 to Operate Past 40 Years Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 (PWR, 870 MW each), owned and operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden), began operating in...
Category: Aging Reactors
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GX Promotion Bill, GX Decarbonized Power Supply Bill Passed Two GX- (Green Transformation) related bills Japan’s government had submitted to the Diet overcame much opposition to be passed. The GX Promotion Act (Act for...
Government and Nuclear Power Industry Ignoring Engineering Principles
~ Reactor manufacturers’ advanced pressurized water reactor farce is exposed: By Goto Masashi, former Toshiba nuclear engineer 1. Post-Fukushima nuclear accident nuclear power plant (NPP) restarts sluggish Today, nearly 12 years after the reactor...
Who’s Who: Kusachi Taeko, an ‘ordinary person’ doing extraordinary things
By Ogata Keiko, Deputy Chief of Toold40 Ms. Kusachi Taeko is one of the plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuit against the extension of the operation periods of aging nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, and...