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On May 4th, during routine inspections of Ohi-3 (Fukui Prefecture, Ohi Town (see map), Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), 1,180 MW), a build up of white powder was detected around the area where the...
by Hideyuki Ban, Co-Director, CNIC Recently I agreed to become a member of the government’s Long-Term Program for Research, Development, and Utilization of Nuclear Energy (Long-Term Program). I joined at the request of the secretariat of...
Repair work on leaks and faulty welding at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) currently under construction was completed in February this year (see map). Leaks in the spent fuel storage pool were found in...
On July 2nd a ship carrying a reactor pressure vessel left the Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture for Taiwan. The pressure vessel is destined for use at the second reactor of Taiwan’s No....
(1.1 MB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 101 Reactor Pressure Vessel Exported to Taiwan On July 2nd a ship carrying a reactor pressure vessel left the Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture...
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Project Further Postponed Operational Trials Commence at Hamaoka 5 Spent-Fuel Storage Facility Developments Still no candidates for High-Level Waste site Japanese Government to sound out the idea of an Asian...
by Hiroaki Koide* I met Hironori Shinohara when I entered the faculty of Nuclear Engineering in Tohoku University in 1968. At the time, while exhibitions showing the horror of the atomic bomb were being...
Since around the end of 2003 there has been quite a lot of movement on the pluthermal1 issue. This article is a report on these developments. KEPCO In September 2002 Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO)...
In April the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy announced the 2004(1) Electric Power Supply Plan (EPS Plan). This plan brings together the electric power demand estimates and...