Nuke Info Tokyo No. 157 (Nov./Dec. 2013)
No future for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa except gradual decommissioning
Reference Material: Japanese Inventory of Separated Plutonium at the end of calendar year 2012
Main accidents and breakdowns in nuclear power facilities in FY2010, FY2011, FY2012
News Watch
— TEPCO drained contaminated water out of the barriers surrounding water tanks at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, failing to follow standardized procedure
— Japan speeding up the planned export of nuclear power plants to Turkey
— Removal of spent fuel from Unit 4 of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station started
— Inauguration of Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Mutsu Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facilities postponed
— Japan signs the joint statement on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons for the first time
— First comprehensive nuclear disaster drill exercise since the Fukushima disaster organized at Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, Kagoshima