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Sendai-1 Restarted: Kagoshima Governor Effectively Accepts
The unit is scheduled to connect to the grid on the 11th and the power company will then gradually raise its output while monitoring operational conditions, including checking for abnormalities in...
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Looking Forward to Technological and Personnel Development to Support Future...
The first was the holding on December 3 of the first annual “Hairo Sozo” (Reactor Decommissioning Creativity) Robot Contest for technical college students nationwide, held at the Naraha Remote...
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National Government Says “Monju” to be Decommissioned; Prefecture Reacts Angrily
Minister Hiroshige Seko of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Minister Hirokazu Matsuno of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) attended the meeting, along with Governor...
View ArticleThoughts on the Decommissioning of the FBR Monju
In light of the current situation of uranium supply and demand, commercializing fast reactors is perhaps not so urgent. However, it is very important for Japan—a resource-poor country committed to...
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Ministers Decide to Decommission Monju over Three Decades, Requiring USD3.2...
At a meeting of the entities connected with “Monju”, held in the morning prior to the decision, Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa had insisted that “the decommissioning is unacceptable without local...
View ArticleExpectations of CO2 Emission Reduction Through Use of Nuclear Power
Its common, long-term, global target is not only to hold the increase in global average temperatures to less than two degrees C above pre-industrial levels, but also to make the utmost efforts to keep...
View ArticleSendai-1 NPP Shifts to Commercial Operation
That same day, according to the company, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) carried out an integrated performance test, checking temperature and pressure of the generating facility to ascertain...
View ArticleIEEJ Releases 2017 Energy Outlook: Sees Important Role for Nuclear Power in...
Regarding primary energy supply in Japan, integrated data for the so-called reference scenario are presented, showing a further decrease from 469.5Mtoe (the expected final result in FY16) to 468.0Mtoe...
View ArticleAll Fukushima Seafood Tested in 2016 Falls Below Cesium Standard Value
According to the prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station, the number of specimens tested in 2016 was 8,502. Among those, radioactive cesium was not detected (i.e., less than the detection limit value)...
View ArticleGenkai-3 and -4 NPPs Clear Safety Examinations
The NRA issued report drafts on November 9, 2016, and, after referring them to the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for their opinions,...
View ArticlePromoting Cooperation with the U.K. on Decommissioning and New Build
The U.K. and Japanese nuclear industries participated in the forum, exchanging information and views on the decommissioning of nuclear power plants and the new nuclear build, as well as getting to know...
View ArticleRegister Now for the 50th JAIF Annual Conference
The commemorative 50th Conference, titled “Bridging the Past and Present Toward the Future”, will be joined by IAEA DG Yukiya Amano and several renowned nuclear experts to deliver intriguing talks on...
View ArticleToward Resumption of Full-scale Fisheries Operations
At the meeting, various proposals were made of such things as: (1) continuing the test operations being carried out offshore, (2) making it easier for consumers to understand presentations of the fish...
View ArticleToshiba to Shrink Nuclear Business
The company expects to incur a loss of as much as JPY700 billion (USD6.4 billion at USD1=JPY110) on the construction of nuclear power plants (NPPs) in the United States. Contraction of the nuclear...
View ArticleRobot to Be Used to Investigate Interior of Fukushima Daiichi-2 Reactor...
The self-propelled robot, made by Toshiba Corporation, measures 54cm long, 9cm wide and 9cm high, and is equipped with a radiation dosimeter and thermometer. It can be remotely controlled via a wire...
View ArticleExports of Peaches from Fukushima Exceed Those Prior to Earthquake
Peach yield in Fukushima ranks second among prefectures in Japan. Exports fell temporarily to zero as a result of import restrictions in other countries in the wake of the accident at the Fukushima...
View ArticleKagoshima Experts’ Committee Confirms Sendai-1 Inspection Results
Kyushu Electric Power stressed the safety of the Sendai-1, saying that no abnormalities had been found during a periodic inspection, and had asked the experts for their understanding. The committee...
View ArticleOhi-3 and -4 Effectively Clear Safety Examinations
Kansai EP will complete work in May on various safety measures, including constructing walls to protect seawater pumps, available to cool the reactors in emergencies, from tsunami. Actual restarts of...
View ArticleThe Pitfalls of Risk Communication in Fukushima
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 I think that many...
View ArticleSlow Progress in Selecting Candidate Sites for Geological HLW Disposal;...
It also discussed identifying and presenting “scientifically promising sites,” that is, highly suitable sites for the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste (HLW). By law, sites to be...
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