Japan is mulling setting the proportion of electricity to be generated by nuclear power at around 15 to 20 percent in 2030, lower than the 28.6 percent in fiscal 2010 before the Fukushima nuclear disaster, government officials said Thursday. The government will also consider ...
Some of the people seeking a court injunction to halt the restart of Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s nuclear plant in the town of Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, have dropped their petitions, their lawyers said. Around 10 of the 23 people who sought the injunction last ...
Only about 20 percent of 160 prefectural and municipal governments that host or are located near nuclear plants support how Kyushu Electric Power Co. went about getting the go-ahead for restarting its reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture. Kyushu Electric won consent in November from the ...
As the Abe administration strives to revive the nuclear power sector, stalled since the March 2011 Fukushima crisis, an interim report by an industry ministry committee on energy policy has suggested that the construction of new reactors to replace units that are too old ...
The move sets the stage for the idled units to restart, possibly next year, and bolsters the Abe government’s plan to revive atomic power after the triple meltdown in Fukushima.
With the Liberal Democratic Party’s sweeping election victory Sunday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to increase his efforts to revive nuclear power despite persistent public opposition. Although polls show that most people are against restarting reactors idled following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, Abe ...
The Otsu District Court rejects a demand by Shiga residents to halt reactor restarts at the Takahama and Oi plants, clashing with another district court.
A nuclear reactor that has been in operation for around 40 years will cost its operating utility ¥21 billion to decommission, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said Tuesday. The ministry asked a working group the same day to start rethinking accounting rules ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may face difficulty restarting the nation's idled nuclear reactors if his Liberal Democratic Party fares poorly in the Lower House election.
The utility may seek permission to keep the oldest reactors at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture operating beyond the 40-year limit.
Russia signed a deal Tuesday to build new nuclear reactors in Iran as another round of talks that aim to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining atomic weapons ended without a breakthrough. The deal foresees the expansion of the existing Bushehr plant with two ...
The government called on Friday for utilities to swiftly decide whether to scrap aging reactors that would be particularly vulnerable in the event of a natural disaster. The pro-nuclear government, which is seeking to reactivate the nation’s idled reactors as soon as possible despite ...
