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(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...
On October 22, a meeting of a committee looking into the safety of the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280 MWe, Tsuruga City) began with the chairman, Hirotada Ohashi, grumbling that he was...
Ignoring local opposition, electric power companies are pushing ahead with preparations for the introduction of pluthermal1 in 2010. So far, Kyushu Electric (Genkai), Shikoku Electric (Ikata), Chubu Electric (Hamaoka) and Kansai Electric (Takahama) have...
All seven reactors of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant have been closed since the July 2007 Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, but Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began loading nuclear fuel into Unit 7 on November 8,...
(760 KB) Fuel Loaded into Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 All seven reactors of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant have been closed since the July 2007 Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, but Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began loading...
Extension of time allowed between periodic inspections Recurring radiation exposure incidents at a fuel fabrication facility Moves to build HLW disposal simulation facility in Horonobe Town Cooperation between Japan and the UK on fuel...