Ceremony Opens Japan-IAEA Joint Nuclear Energy Management School in Tokyo
In his welcome speech at the start of the ceremony, JAIF President Akio Takahashi—who also serves as president of the JAIF International Cooperation Center (JICC) and as chairman of the operations...
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JAIF Holds Business Exchange Events with Spain’s Embassy in Tokyo around...
Prior to the seminar, a ceremony took place for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between JAIF and the Nuclear Industry Forum in Spain (“Foro Nuclear”) to further promote cooperation...
View ArticleShimizu Corporation Concludes Agreement with UK Cavendish Nuclear Ltd, Eyes...
Shimizu, in addition to being involved in designing, constructing and maintaining nuclear power plants for many years, has been continually engaged in the decommissioning of research reactors as well...
View ArticleNew Knowledge about Radiation’s Health Effects Promises Clarification about...
Moreover, many simply feel unease about radiation: not only its uses for power generation, but also in medicine and industrial applications. Among the health effects of radiation, cancer gets the most...
View ArticleSociologist Says It’s “Time to Update Recognition” of Realities at Fukushima
At the FCCJ press conference, Kainuma also expressed his intention to conduct an independent investigation and research project for the purpose of “visualizing” the decommissioning at Fukushima...
View ArticleIEEJ’s 2017 Economic and Energy Outlook Says That Restarting Nuclear Reactors...
The so-called reference scenario in the report predicts that seven nuclear power plants (NPPs) would be restarted in the current fiscal year (by the end of March 31, 2017), with another 19 in the next...
View ArticleJapan Had 47.9 Tons of Plutonium Holdings in 2015
As of the end of 2015, Japan possessed a total of 47.9 tons of so-called “separated” plutonium, both domestically and abroad. Of that, 10.8 tons were held within Japan—the same as the previous...
View ArticleFuel Debris at Fukushima Daiichi-2 Mostly Found at Bottom of Reactor Pressure...
TEPCO conducted the examination in a joint project with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (abbreviated KEK, after the Japanese “Kō-enerugii Kasoku-ki Kenkyū Kikō”). Two panels (plastic...
View ArticleFor the First Time since Fukushima Accident, No Marine Products Show...
It is the first time since the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) that the reference value—provisionally set at 500Bq/kg for...
View ArticleJapanese Government Wins in Supreme Court: Tents of Anti-Nuclear Groups Next...
The court’s petty bench, led by Judge Naoto Ohtani, rejected an appeal made by members of the groups against a lower court ruling. The Tokyo District Court is expected to carry out the forcible removal...
View ArticleIkata-3 to be Restarted on August 12
As a result, the company’s operating profit is expected to improve by approximately JPY10 billion (USD98 million at USD1 = JPY102) in the fiscal year ending March 2017. Ikata-3 will be the fifth NPP...
View ArticleFive Japanese Power Companies to Cooperate in Nuclear Business
In April of this year, four power utilities in western Japan—the Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kansai EP), the Kyushu Electric Power Co., the Chugoku Electric Power Co. and the Shikoku Electric Power...
View ArticleReport Completed on Criteria for Scientifically Promising HLW Disposal Sites
The group discussed various aspects dealing with the requirements and standards for identifying scientifically promising sites, all from a geoscientific perspective, as follows: (a) the geological...
View ArticleIkata-3 is Connected to the Grid
Faced with deficits after the reactor was taken out of service in 2011, Shikoku Electric Power increased its power rates by 14.72% for industries and 7.8% for households in the summer of 2013. Asked...
View ArticleFukushima Prefecture Turns to Young People to Help Wipe Out Misinformation
The students will visit various places in Fukushima, measuring radiation levels to verify food safety and provide reassurance. They will also make presentations on what they have learned. In this way,...
View ArticleIkata-3 NPP Back in Full Operation
Assuming no problems in the final inspections by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), the power company plans to complete the shift from the current testing adjustment phase to ordinary commercial...
View ArticleCommittee Reaches No Decision on Ending Unlimited Liability for Nuclear Damage
At the same time, the special committee did not yet conclude whether to end Japan’s so-called “unlimited liability system” for nuclear damage, whereby a power utility that causes a nuclear accident...
View ArticleKagoshima Governor Asks for Temporary Suspension of Operation of Sendai NPPs
Claiming that safety in the event of an earthquake had not been fully ascertained, the governor sought a temporary halt to their operation and inspection. Given that governors in Japan have no legal...
View ArticleKagoshima Governor Reiterates Demand to Have Sendai Reactors Suspended
The governor criticized the power utility for not accepting his earlier request on August 26 request for a temporary suspension of operations, calling it “very regrettable.” Handing a second written...
View ArticleExternal Radiation Exposure Found to Be Unrelated to Prevalence of Thyroid...
On September 2, a paper appeared concerning the results in the electronic edition of Medicine, an international medical journal, entitled, “Comparison of childhood thyroid cancer prevalence among 3...
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