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Photo: From left, Seok Kwanghoon, Kim Yongguk, chair Kim Sung Kuk, Mitsuhiko Tanaka and interpreter Kim Bonnyo On October 24th I attended a symposium in Busan, South Korea, concerning the life extension of...
(764 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 115 Aging Reactors: Symposium in South Korea Symposium in Busan, South Korea, concerning the life extension of Kori-1 nuclear power plant The Deepening Puzzle of Steel...
Despite North Korea’s prior warning, its nuclear test came as a great shock in Japan. Once again, the question of whether Japan should acquire nuclear weapons raised its ugly head. At this stage it...
FBR R&D fundingOne billion yen for HLW dump candidates Earthquake Guidelines revised Second Japan-US GNEP meeting Japanese industry responds to GNEP request for Expressions of Interest Japan – Kazakhstan nuclear cooperation memorandum Plutonium data...
By Shun’ichi Uchiyama* Downtown Tokyo high school students Mayuko Suzuki (L) and Mina Hosoi with children in a children’s hospital in Kiev Chernobyl was a terrible accident. Despite what the government and the power...
Summary of article by Dr. Hiroshi Satomi of the Food Irradiation Network The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) decided in 1965 to develop food irradiation as part of a policy of promoting multiple applications of...
Quantity of Radioactivity Handled by Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant commenced active tests on 31 March 2006, the last day of the 2005 fiscal year. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) wanted to...
On 31 May 2006 the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI) released a “New National Energy Strategy”. This Strategy contains a new phrase, “Nuclear Energy National Building”. This phrase had not appeared before...
(820 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 114 Irradiated Research Reactor Fuel Shipped to US On August 4th, two spent fuel assemblies were shipped from Kawasaki to DoE’s Idaho National Laboratory.Nuclear Energy Nation...
On August 4th, two spent fuel assemblies were shipped from Kawasaki to DoE’s Idaho National Laboratory (see picture above). The fuel was enriched to 20% and was used in the Research Reactor (100 kWt)...