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On March 31, the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy released the 2010 Fiscal Year (FY2010) Electric Supply Plan Outline. The plan brings together the plans of all...
On May 12, the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced an agreement by which Japan would throw a lifeline to the UK’s troubled Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). SMP was originally designed to produce 120...
In February 2009 a working group on uprating was established within the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. The working group met on six occasions and...
Chugoku Electric is unqualified to operate nuclear power plants at all, let alone build a new one at Kaminoseki (see Group Introduction). On March 30 Chugoku Electric Power Company announced that it had failed...
On May 11 Niigata Prefecture’s technical committee on safety control of nuclear power plants endorsed the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) Unit 1 (BWR, 1100MW). KK-1 was shaken most (680 Gal*) and incurred the...
On May 6, at 10:36 am, Japan’s Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) began test operations for the first time in 14 years. The reactor reached criticality precisely two days later on May...
To Delegates to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Restart of Japan’s Monju Fast Breeder Reactor – Implications for Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Safety and Energy Supply On May 6, Japan’s Monju Prototype Fast...
April 6, 2010 Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center* is deeply concerned about the grave risks involved with the restart of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR).1 Safety, economic and nuclear proliferation issues are being...
(544 KB) Monju Restarted for the First Time in 14 Years Be they sodium leak detectors, radiation leak detectors, or temperature monitors, malfunction of the sensors that indicate that something is amiss has become...
Press Release March 23, 2010 Monju Restart: Appeal by Japanese Scientists Japanese scientists concerned about the imminent restart of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor issued a statement on March 11 this year. Citizens’...