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The man whose body was destroyed from the inside out NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) has produced an important contribution to the English literature on the criticality accident, which occurred at the JCO nuclear fuel...
1. Nuclear Plants and Facilities in Japan 2. Commercial and Research Nuclear Facilities in Japan 3. Nuclear Plants in Japan 4. Nuclear Plants in Asia (pdf 588 KB) (pdf 520 KB) (pdf 544...
The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant, owned and operated by Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL), is in the final stage of active testing, but problems with vitrification of high-level radioactive waste to form glass canisters have...
On December 22, the Board of Directors of Chubu Electric Power Company decided that it would terminate operations at Hamaoka Reactors No. 1 (540 MW, BWR) and No. 2 (840 MW, BWR) and replace...
On December 11, the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) announced its conclusion that, with a few provisos, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-7 Nuclear Power Plant (KK-7) is safe. NSC’s conclusion was based on consideration of the results of...
(1 MB) The Future of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 The bureaucratic processes are in motion to restart Unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. The Japanese fiscal year ends on March 31. We expect...
Plan to double nuclear indemnity requirements Permission given to reclaim sea for Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant Ohi-3 to be restarted without being repaired Fire at Onagawa-1 JAEA, EDF to cooperate on fast reactors Agreement...
By Akihiro Tatewaki* I first met Hokuto Muto in September 2006 at a viewing of the film “Rokkasho Rapsody” hosted by a group called “With the Earth”. It might sound like a very global...
Workers’ Compensation Awarded to Tadashi Kiyuna! First ever for malignant lymphoma As reported in NIT 120 and 126, Tadashi Kiyuna died of malignant lymphoma in March 2005 at the age of 53 after being...
Never Ending Vitrification Problems The last stage of active testing of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant has been plagued by technical problems. The operator, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL), has been unable to produce glass...