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he Kanazawa District Court has upheld the plaintiffs’ suit for termination of operation of the Shika-2 reactor. The reasons for the verdict were that the design basis earthquake was too small, that the Ohchigata...
Problem of damaged control rods spreads Major damage to control rods, including cracks in over 40 places, was first identified in Toshiba control rods at the Fukushima I-6 reactor on January 1st during a...
1. Objective It is impossible to operate the Rokkasho reprocessing plant without discharging radioactivity with the liquid and gaseous wastes. It is, therefore, important for citizens to have information that they can trust about...
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...
Toshiba wins bid for WestinghouseCompany established for intermediate storage of spent fuel Construction of Shimane-3 launched Mitsubishi Heavy Industries receives two PBMR contracts Mihama-3 suspension order lifted Onagawa-2 resumes operation General Electric and three...
By Chiyoko Tsukamoto* The first reactor at Chubu Electric Power Company’s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Omaezaki City, Shizuoka Prefecture, commenced operations in 1976. There are now five reactors at the plant. From...
The following significant developments emerged in regard to the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant and Japan’s Plutonium Utilization Plan as this edition of NIT was going to press: 1. On 23 January Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd....
