Strategic Energy Plan Approved by Cabinet: FEPC Chairman Calls It “Key Policy...
The draft included development of a long-term scenario toward 2050 in response to targets under the Paris Agreement, an international framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The new plan...
View ArticleNRA Draft Report: Tokai-2 NPP Complies with New Regulatory Standards
Tokai-2 is the third boiling water reactor (BWR) to be granted permission to make changes to its reactor installation (basic design approval), following TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa-6 and -7 NPPs in...
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J-Village Stadium to Revert to Original Role as Soccer Training Center,...
On July 28, the J-Village Stadium in Naraha Town, Fukushima Prefecture, which served as the base for the NPPs-related activities, is to be restored to its original role as Japan’s first national soccer...
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International Mentoring Workshop in Science and Engineering for Women Held in...
As women around the world are being encouraged to enter the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields, it has become conspicuous that fewer women are doing so in Japan than elsewhere....
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NRA Chairman Rebuts Idea that Hokkaido Blackouts Could Have Been Averted Had...
The earthquake, described officially as the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake, occurred during the pre-dawn hours of September 6, and caused widespread blackouts throughout the island. At the press...
View ArticleHiroshima High Court Rules to Allow Ikata-3 to Restart
Bringing the Ikata-3 NPP—Shikoku Electric Power’s largest power-generation facility— back on line is obviously to the company’s advantage. Given, however, that Ikata-3 still faces threats of multiple...
View ArticleNRA Approves Review Report Finding Tokai-2 NPP Compatible with New Regulatory...
It is the third boiling water reactor (BWR) to be so approved, following the Kashiwazaki Kariwa-6 and -7 NPPs, both owned and operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO). Tokai-2 had entered...
View ArticleThe Implications of Removing the “Sun Child” Statue in Fukushima
The reason for its removal seems to be criticism from local residents. One person said, “It gives the impression that children used to wear protective suits back then.” Another resident commented, “It...
View ArticleShikoku Electric Power Asks Japan’s NRA to Approve Ikata-2 Decommissioning Plan
As in the case of Ikata-1, the decommissioning of Ikata-2 will be carried out over a period of forty years, divided into four phases, in order to ensure that all the processes—investigating for adhered...
View ArticleTEPCO Makes Contact with Debris at Fukushima Daiichi-2
The deposits that could not be moved appeared to be in a state like lava. The limited range of the investigation showed them to most likely be debris that had become affixed and hardened. It is now...
View ArticleJAEC Chairman Oka Remembers IAEA Director General Amano
Chairman Oka cited Director General Amano’s many achievements in the decade since he took office in 2009, praising his efforts not only on behalf of international nuclear nonproliferation, but also in...
View ArticleIEEJ’s 2020 Economic and Energy Outlook Compares Effects of Completing and...
Using a reference scenario based on world economic trends in 2019-20, the report addresses three issues: The completion of construction of facilities to respond to specific severe accidents (so-called...
View ArticleTohoku Electric Power Applies for Approval of Onagawa-1 Decommissioning Plan
Onagawa-1 had originally been shut down in the wake of the giant earthquake that struck eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. In October 2018, Tohoku Electric Power decided to decommission the reactor after...
View ArticleJAERO President Masumoto Reports to JAEC on Activities and Accumulation of...
JAERO was established exactly half a century ago, in July 1969, for the purpose of disseminating information on the uses of nuclear energy and radiation to the general public. Looking back at the...
View ArticleTEPCO Decides to Decommission All Four Fukushima Daini Units
In making the decision now, TEPCO said it would face the challenges with all sincerity–as it is doing at the Fukushima Daiichi NPPs–so as to ensure peace of mind for the people in the region. It basic...
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IRID Symposium Held in Fukushima, with Students Explaining Their Research on...
In his opening address, IRID President Hideo Ishibashi showed his enthusiasm for the effort, saying that by “gathering the world’s wisdom,” his institute would meet the challenge of removing the fuel...
View ArticleNRA Exchanges Views with President Sakamoto of RFS, Which Pledges to Make Its...
The NRA has been inviting the top management of individual nuclear operators for public talks on the efforts of each to improve nuclear safety, and the session with RFS was the first in that series....
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Two-day International Forum on Decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi Focuses on...
The first day of the forum featured a dialogue-style workshop in Tomioka Town with local residents, as well as sessions with students. On the second day, the participants moved to Iwaki City, where...
View ArticleTEPCO, Chubu Electric Power, Hitachi, Toshiba Considering Joint Business for...
Each company will contribute its resources and expertise with the aim of stabilizing the BWR business. The four will now narrow down the specific contents of their joint effort, keeping simultaneously...
View ArticleTEPCO to Decide Fate of Kashiwazaki Kariwa Units 1 to 5 Five Years after...
In June 2017, the mayor had asked the power company to present a decommissioning plan for Units 1 to 5 at the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plants by 2019, as a condition for approving the restarts...
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