Kansai EP Releases Plan to Improve Safety of Takahama Units 1&2, Eyeing Sixty...
Having cleared safety examinations by the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan (NRA) under the country’s new regulatory standards, the two units were given approval in June 2015 to have their...
View ArticleJapanese Power Utilities Boast Lower CO2 Emissions in Fiscal 2015, Partially...
ELCS—a voluntary framework formed in February 2016 by the ten members of the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPC), along with the Electric Power Development Co. (EPDC, or J-Power), the Japan...
View ArticleMETI to Discuss Ways to Support TEPCO in Decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi
The committee, which will consist of representatives from major Japanese economic organizations, will primarily focus on helping TEPCO pay for decommissioning costs at its Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear...
View ArticleMETI Approves New Spent Fuel Reprocessing Organization
Ever since July, the presidents of the ten electric power utilities in Japan with nuclear facilities, as advocates of the organization’s creation, have been preparing for its formal establishment next...
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Japan’s Public and Private Sectors to Join in Policy Study of Fast Reactor...
At the meeting, it was also decided to establish a so-called “conference on fast reactor development,” consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), who will...
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IAEA GC: Japanese Representative Emphasizes Promotion of MOX Fuel Use
In a speech looking back on the role the IAEA has played in guiding uses of nuclear technology over the past 60 years, Yukiya Amano, IAEA Director General, said that the two nuclear tests conducted by...
View ArticleJapan to Create New Market to Control GHG Emissions
Japan fully deregulated its retail power market in April of this year, intensifying competition among existing power utilities, and bringing in an increased number of new entrants into the market from...
View ArticleReaching a Common Ground on Thyroid Gland Screening
Sae Ochi, MD, MPH, PhD Director of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital, Fukushima Clinical Research Fellow, MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, UK This August, a...
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JINED/Tokai University Holds Completion Ceremony for Trainees in Course...
Established in 2010 for the purpose of making proposals for nuclear power projects in newly emerging nations, the International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan Co., Ltd. (JINED), has conducted...
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Diverse Range of Japanese Nuclear R&D Exhibited at 60th IAEA General Conference
The exhibitions at the booth were organized by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF), the Cabinet Office, and other governmental organizations, along with such companies as Toshiba Corporation,...
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JAIF to Move Office to New Location
NEW ADDRESS 5F, Kowa Nibancho Building 11-19 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0084, Japan NEW TELEPHONE NUMBERS Planning & General Affairs +81-3-6256-9311 Policy & Communications...
View ArticleCommittee Discusses Limited Liability of Nuclear Operators for Accidents
Assuming limited liability for nuclear operators—with financial security ultimately being borne by the government—the debate revolved around the following points: Whether limited liability would...
View ArticleMihama-3 NPP Clears Compatibility Examination with New Regulatory Standards
With the report, the NRA effectively certified the unit’s compatibility with the country’s new regulatory standards for nuclear power plants (NPPs). Its action constitutes recognition that measures in...
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ICEF Annual Conference: Climate Change Discussed by More than 1000 Leaders...
Taking part in the conference were over a thousand leaders in government, industry, academia from eighty countries around the world. Recognizing that global temperatures were on the rise, posing a...
View ArticleMeeting: Head of METI Confirms Importance of Fast Reactor Development
The decision to establish the conference was made on September 21 at a ministerial meeting comprising Japan’s cabinet and other ministerial officials responsible for nuclear energy. The decision was...
View ArticleMessage from JAIF President Takahashi: Current State of Radiation Education...
In 2008, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) returned the topic of radiation—which had not been in the curricula of Japanese junior high schools since 1980—to its...
View ArticleJapan’s Energy Outlook for Winter: Capacity Reserve Margin to Stay Above 3%
Although ANRE said that there was no need to request special energy conservation measures overall, it added that they may become necessary in Hokkaido, where demand will increase during the severe cold...
View ArticleKeidanren Makes Proposal on Paris Agreement, Saying Long-term Targets Should...
As its basic approach to domestic measures, the proposal calls the linkage between global warming measures and energy policy “very important,” given that about 90% of GHGs are attributable to...
View ArticleMETI Proposes Revising Accounting Method to Shorten Deposit Period for...
Currently, the period includes the decade after reactors stop operating. With the change, the total amount will be accumulated during operations, thereby ensuring funds, even as the country’s retail...
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RADIEX2016: Technology Aimed at Age of Reactor Decommissioning
Under the theme of “Environmental Radioactivity Measures towards Full-scale Interim Storage and Decommissioning,” there were exhibitions on waste disposal, emphasizing construction of interim storage...
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