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(764 KB) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant: Leakage from Storage Pool, Defective Construction Work, and Escalating Costs A series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the...
Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent FuelFNCA Meets in Naha METI Works Out New Preferential Measures for Nuclear Power Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent Fuel Kashiwazaki City Council (Niigata Prefecture)...
By Teruyuki Matsushita It was the beginning of the age of nuclear energy in Japan. This ‘dream-like’ form of energy was first produced at the nuclear power station on the Tsuruga Peninsula. It was...
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan All electric companies in Japan had completed the Electric Supply Plan for the fiscal year of 2003 by the end of March*. In these...
Since World War II, Japan’s electricity has been supplied under a monopoly system by a small number of large electric power companies.However, in 1995 the Electric Utilities Industry Law (EUIL) was revised and, for...
Anti-nukes celebrate the shutdown of 17 nuclear plants in front of the TEPCO building on April 15 Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc. (TEPCO) shut down all of its nuclear power plants (NPPs) for...
(660 KB) Ruling on JCO Accident The Court imposed fines on JCO and also on the former head of the Tokaimura plant. The Court also ordered suspended prison sentences in the case of...
The Mito District Court (15km from JCO in Tokaimura) where the ruling on JCO was delivered. On the morning of March 3, the Mito District court delivered a ruling on JCO Co. (JCO),...
Citizens File a Complaint against TEPCO Suspension of Incoming Spent-Fuel Deliveries Second Line Stopped at Uranium Enrichment Plant NUMO Begins Inviting Candidate Sites for HLW Disposal Facility Introduction of “Defects Standards” Decided Citizens...
By Takeo Hashizume Ms. Tomi Maeda, 77, years old woman, has been vocal opponent of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture and has been involved in the Mothers’ group against the nuclear...