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Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium will be separated from spent fuel at Rokkasho. Of course, Japan has been separating plutonium at...
(804 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 111 Rokkasho: active tests to begin any day Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium...
By Fumio Nagata* We are an Iwate Prefecture citizens’ group opposed to the operation of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant in Aomori Prefecture. We are concerned about the ocean being polluted with radioactive liquid waste...
During the next Diet session, beginning in January 2005, a bill to introduce a ‘clearance’ system will be submitted as an amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel...
Five Killed in Mihama-3 Accident v Mihama Nuclear Power Plant across the bay. As most people will be aware from reports in the mainstream media, on August 9th, the 59th anniversary of the...
Cartoon by Shoji Takagi As is the case overseas, Japan too is looking to introduce a ‘clearance level’ for radioactive waste. Under this system radioactive waste with less than a certain...
1. Introduction Even now, the level of public awareness in Japan of ‘nuclear fusion energy’ is very low. However the government and people in the field are continuing their steady behind-the-scenes moves to make...
At the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) in Aomori Prefecture, a series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the storage tank and the defective construction work...
Date Facility Brief Description of Event Jan 15 Fukushima II-1 Reactor manually shutdown due to rupture of coolant flow measurement housing tube at jet pump. Mar 4 Takahama-2 Power reduction due to...
Picture: Memorial photograph of symposium participants I had an opportunity to attend an international symposium entitled the ’14th International Summer Symposium on Science and the World Affairs,’ which was held at the University...