JAEC Discusses Basic Concept on Nuclear Energy Use, Focusing on Safety...
At an earlier JAEC meeting on February 17, the basic targets of nuclear policy to be included in the basic concept were proclaimed to be the use of nuclear energy to improve people’s lives on the...
View ArticleHead of Town Hosting Genkai NPPs Agrees to Restarts; Decision Now Up to Governor
In January, Genkai-3 and -4 (PWR, 1180MWe each) cleared examinations by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for compatibility with the new regulatory standards. On February 24, a majority of the...
View ArticleFuel Fabrication Plant Clears Safety Examination, the First Under New...
The company, which produces nuclear fuel for boiling water reactors (BWRs), is under the umbrella of a joint venture among the General Electric Company (GE) of the United States, Hitachi, Ltd. and...
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Highest Number of Students Attend Nuclear Industry Job Event since Fukushima...
Some three hundred students, considerably more than last year, visited the booths set up by thirty-six participating companies, and they listened enthusiastically to the explanations. The seminar was...
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Youth Gather to Showcase R&D for Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Technology
The conference was held as one of the projects being sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aimed at helping resolve nuclear challenges through...
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Current Status of NRA’s NPP Regulatory Compatibility Examinations
Examinations are being carried out in response to submissions by the operators of applications for permission to change reactor installations, construction work plans, and revisions to operational...
View ArticleDetailed Program Announced for the 50th JAIF Annual Conference
The commemorative 50th Conference will be joined by IAEA DG Yukiya Amano, former US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman, and several other renowned nuclear experts to deliver intriguing talks on...
View ArticleMore Evacuation Orders to Be Lifted in Namie and Tomioka Towns
Since similar orders in the same two categories will also be lifted on March 31 in Iitate Village and Kawamata Town, the latest decision means that the only areas where evacuation orders are still in...
View ArticleIncrease in Coal-fired Plants Would Complicate CO2 Emissions Reduction Target
The draft report notes that competition among power companies is becoming severe against the backdrop of electricity market deregulation and the prolonged suspension of the operation of nuclear power...
View ArticleNational Household Burden for Renewable Energies to Increase by a Factor of 12
In comparison with the monthly amount of JPY66 (USD0.58) in FY12 (April 2012 to March 2013), when the FIT system was launched, the figure has already swollen by a factor of 12. Total purchases of all...
View ArticleTEPCO Open to Integrate Nuclear, Transmission and Distribution Businesses
At its core is the integration of TEPCO’s nuclear, transmission and distribution businesses with other power companies, to meet expanding costs—now put at JPY 21.5 trillion (USD195.5 billion at...
View ArticleRegistration Ends Soon for the 50th JAIF Annual Conference
JAIF would like to thank those who have signed up to participate in this year’s Conference titled “Bridging the Past and Present toward the Future”. For those who haven’t, check out the conference...
View ArticleOsaka High Court Lifts Injunction Against Operation of Takahama-3 and -4
The company had cited compliance of the two units with the new regulatory standards as determined by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), its countermeasures against successive earthquakes and...
View ArticleCourt Overturns Injunction Stopping Operation at Takahama NPPs
After the two reactors were deemed in February 2015 to have met new safety regulations, Takahama-3 resumed commercial operation in February 2016, and the Takahama-4 reactor restarted as well. However,...
View ArticleNRA Postpones Approval for Plans to Decommission Five Reactors
The outlook had been for the decommissioning plans to be approved the same day, but instead, the NRA decided to postpone the approvals to the next or subsequent meetings, based on its review of the...
View ArticleHiroshima District Court Allows Operation of Ikata-3
The move follows a March 28 ruling by the Osaka High Court allowing the operation of the Takahama-3 and -4 NPPs, owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kansai EP). Anti-nuclear groups had...
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Fukushima Prefecture Evacuation Orders Partially Lifted: Expectations for a...
With that, the only areas in which evacuation orders and the like still apply include the entirety of Futaba and Okuma Towns—where the Fukushima Daiichi NPPs were situated—as well as areas within five...
View ArticleKeynote Address by JAIF Chairman Imai at the 50th JAIF Annual Conference
A look back at nuclear power in the past At that time, in addition to the Tokai Nuclear Power Plant, which had started operation, Japan was planning to construct a large number of new NPPs, including...
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After Saga Prefectural Assembly Approves Restart of Genkai-3 & -4, Governor...
Based on the resolution of the assembly, Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi will confer later this month with Minister Hiroshige Seko of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) about overall...
View ArticleSeveral Symposia to Be Held on Nationwide Map of Scientific Features Related...
At the symposia, explanations will be given about a map objectively showing the distribution of scientific features of the underground environment throughout Japan, as well as explanations about how...
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