Iran is ready to buy nuclear reactors from Japan if any proposed sales are accompanied by “lucrative commercial support,” according to the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. “Of course if we receive any suggestion or any proposal from Japan that would ...
Incoming Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono says he plans to ask Kyushu Electric Power Co. to suspend operation of the Sendai nuclear power plant for safety checks. In an interview on Wednesday, Mitazono said he will make the request to the utility at a yet ...
Shikoku Electric Power Co. started loading nuclear fuel Friday into a reactor at its Ikata power plant, paving the way for a scheduled restart next month. The utility plans to reactivate the No. 3 unit at the plant in Ehime Prefecture on July 26. ...
The Otsu District Court on Friday rejected a bid by Kansai Electric Power Co. to lift an injunction against restarting reactors at a nearby plant, dealing yet another setback to attempts by the utility and the central government to return swiftly to nuclear power. ...
As two aging reactors in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, move toward restart, safety concerns are growing in neighboring prefectures and municipalities within 30 km of the plant. Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama No. 1 and 2 reactors are over 40 years old, ...
The German government made an unprecedented request of Belgium to temporarily shut two nuclear reactors, citing technical issues involving possible safety defects. Germany asked Belgium to take Engie SA’s Tihange-2 and Doel-3 atomic plants offline until the safety concerns can be addressed, Environment Minister ...
An idled nuclear reactor owned by Shikoku Electric Power Co. cleared safety screenings by the industry regulator on Wednesday, paving the way for its restart as early as July. The No. 3 unit of the Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture will likely become the ...
Kansai Electric Power Co. said Monday it has filed an objection against a court injunction on running two reactors at its Takahama nuclear plant. It wants the ban lifted. The utility halted the No. 3 reactor at the plant in Fukui Prefecture on Thursday, ...
The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority is urging the government and utilities to redouble their vigilance to ensure reactor safety, warning them not to drop their guard simply because units have cleared the NRA’s tough safety screening. NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of ...
In the wake of problems with restarted reactors, concerns have grown that nuclear authorities and power suppliers have been too hasty in putting the idled units back into operation. On Tuesday, Kansai Electric Power Co. said the emergency shutdown of its reactor in Fukui ...
Two more reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are expected to clear safety screening by regulators in the near future, but hurdles remain for them to restart, sources said Thursday. The Nuclear Regulation Authority almost concluded the safety screening Thursday, ...
A government panel meets for the first time on identifying a new operator for the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
