IEEJ: ASEAN Spotlighted in Global Energy Supply-and-demand Outlook to 2040
The increase overwhelmingly stems from countries outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The combined increases of China (1,213Mtoe), India (939Mtoe) and the...
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METI Conference on Fast Reactor Development: Experience with Joyo and Monju...
At the meeting, the members came to the conclusion that it would be technologically possible to develop a demonstration reactor using the experience obtained from the prototype fast breeder reactor...
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Government to Lift Evacuation Order for Kawamata Next March 31
The order covers areas where living is currently not permitted, as well as those where the evacuation order will soon be lifted. Last June, the headquarters decided to lift an evacuation order for part...
View ArticleJapanese Power Utilities Assert JCFC-made Equipment Sufficiently Strong for NPPs
The NRA will decide by the end of this month whether to accept the findings of the companies. Each of the power utilities investigated the possibility of weaker-than-expected strength in safety-related...
View ArticleNRA Draws up Review Report Drafts on Examinations of Genkai-3 and -4 for...
The drafts will become official after hearings at the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and a period for comments from the general public....
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Report: Medical Professionals in Soma and Minami-Soma Halved in Number Right...
She has proposed that the lessons learned from the earthquake and accident include a need for measures to maintain a solid medical infrastructure. The report’s authors tracked changes in the number of...
View ArticleWelcoming the Signing of the Japan-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement:...
On November 4, the Paris Agreement came into effect, which is a new international framework for the reduction of greenhouse gases. India, as the world’s fourth biggest emitter of such gases, has...
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All Outer Wall Panels Removed at Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 Reactor
Throughout the period, no significant changes were recognized in concentrations of radioactive materials, either by dust monitors or at monitoring posts at the boundaries of the NPPs. The six panels...
View ArticleKagoshima Governor Visits Reactor, Shows Some Appreciation for Special...
In response to a question from a reporter after his visit, the governor said that he thought the citizens would feel more assured by a special inspection that was “distinct from a periodic inspection,”...
View ArticleSpent Fuel Reprocessing Organization Commissions Reprocessing Activities to JNFL
The organization is the duly authorized juridical entity established in October. It also commissioned JNFL to receive and manage storage of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) to be returned from...
View ArticleNRA Approves Extension of Operating Lifetime for Mihama-3 through 2036
Following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), operation of NPPs in Japan has been limited in principle to forty years, which can...
View ArticleCommittee Examines Lifting of Compensation Amount for Electric Power...
If the current system of unlimited liability is maintained—with no upper limit established for the compensation burden on electric power utilities—it has been pointed out that the maximum sum for...
View ArticleInsignificant Effects from Earthquake Off Fukushima Prefecture This Morning
Apart from this, there were no abnormalities in regard to equipment or facilities at any reactor, and no significant changes in readings at monitoring posts were reported. Maximum readings on...
View ArticleNRA Ascertains Domestic NPP Components to Be Sufficiently Strong
The claim was that the steel in the JCFC-made products was too weak for use in NPP safety-related systems. On November 22, however, at a regular meeting of Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA),...
View ArticleFukui Governor Exchanges Views on FBR Monju with METI and MEXT Ministers
The purpose of the meeting was to exchange views on the national government’s fundamental review of Monju, including its possible decommissioning, as well as on future fast reactor development policy....
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View ArticleMETI Conference on Fast Reactor Development: Main Points in Policy Toward...
The plan reiterates the objectives of adhering to promotion of the nuclear fuel cycle based on the government’s Strategic Energy Plan, as well as carrying R&D on fast reactors, aimed at developing...
View Article17th FNCA Ministerial Level Meeting Reconfirms Importance of Stakeholders’...
The officials representing Japan at the meeting included Yosuke Tsuruho, Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy; Hirotaka Ishihara, Senior Vice Minister of the Cabinet Office; Yoshiaki...
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National Nuclear Union Hands Statement on NPP Restarts to LDP Executive...
At the meeting, the union adopted a statement calling for the promotion of the restart of Japan’s nuclear power plants (NPPs), as well as the establishment of the nuclear fuel cycle and reform of...
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First Hairo Sozo Robocon: Students at Technical Colleges Showcase Ideas for...
The competition—its name roughly translating as “creativity contest using robots for decommissioning”—was intended to get students interested in the decommissioning process by challenging them to...
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