At IEEJ Symposium: “Suspending NPPs for 12 Years was Unacceptable”
Director-General Magwood emphasized that the presence of “skillful, powerful regulatory authorities” is essential, with nuclear energy being reevaluated and newly employed around the world. An issue in...
View ArticleNRA Working Team Takes Up Safety Regulation of Aging NPPs
Since last autumn, the NRA has been discussing the design of a new system of safety regulation for aging NPPs, looking ahead to deliberations by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) under...
View ArticleRegistration Open for the 56th JAIF Annual Conference
The 56th annual conference will introduce the trends of some countries with distinctive energy and nuclear policies amidst the turbulent international situation, and discuss with leaders of overseas...
View ArticleJapan Completes Share of TF Coil Production for ITER Project
TF coils are major ITER components. They are D-shaped superconducting-coils about 16.5 meters high (equivalent to a five-story building), about nine meters wide, and weigh about 300 tons. A total of 18...
View ArticleCabinet Approves GX Decarbonization Power Supply Bill, Clearly Stating Use of...
Major provisions of the GX Decarbonization Power Supply Bill related to nuclear power are as follows: Clarifying principles on the use of nuclear power (the Atomic Energy Basic Law) Tightening...
View ArticleJAIF, METI Hold Nuclear Supply Chain Symposium, Establish Support Platform
Given that “maintaining and strengthening supply chains” was stated as one of the pillars in the proposed “Grand Design for Future Nuclear Policy and Guidelines for Action Toward Realization,”...
View ArticleDecision to Lift Remedial Action Order for Kashiwazaki Kariwa to Be Discussed...
In response to a partial loss of function of nuclear material physical protection equipment at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa NPPs in March 2021, the NRA changed the regulatory response classification of the...
View ArticleANRE Launches Public Invitation to Select Core Company for Fast Reactor...
The working group has been engaged in working-level deliberations on fast reactor development. The aim of the process is to narrow down technological options, step by step, toward the determination of...
View ArticleAESJ Holds Annual Spring Meeting at University of Tokyo: First In-person...
During the three days of the Spring Meeting, there were approximately 150 sessions, at which AESJ’s research committees, networks, and others reported the results of their activities and exchanged...
View ArticleChairman’s Opening Remarks to the 57th JAIF Annual Conference
First, let me express my sincere gratitude to the 700 participants present here today. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to...
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