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(832 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 112 Shika-2 Verdict Demands Suspension of Operations Report on the Shika-2 verdict and the new draft earthquake design guidelines (Click here to read article) FBR Report...
Pluthermal developmentsToshiba falsified testing data Request for withdrawal of Kumihama Nuclear Power Plan Japan-US-French cooperation on sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor Eighty-five percent of employees feel anxiety working at nuclear plants Material Unaccounted For Pluthermal...
By Noritomo Nagase* The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is the largest NPP in the world, with 7 reactors and a total power output of 8,212 MWe. It was built by the...
On February 6th Toshiba and BNFL agreed on the sale of Westinghouse to the former for $5.4 billion. Of this, Toshiba will pay 51-53%. Negotiations are proceeding to secure investment from other engineering firms,...
In September 2005 in Vienna the Chernobyl Forum released a report which estimated that around 4,000 people could have died or could die in the future as a result of exposure to radiation from...
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...