Mayor of Saga town that hosts nuclear plant admits he got cash from firm tied to Kepco scandal
Shintaro Wakiyama said that the money was received days after he was elected, in July 2018, from a then executive of Shiohama Industry Corp.
Fukuoka High Court rejects residents' appeal to halt nuclear reactors in Saga
The Fukuoka High Court said there were no specific dangers posed to the Genkai power plant’s reactors in the event of a volcanic eruption, ruling the facility’s emergency plans were adequate.
The utility abandoned a plan to restart the Genkai unit in the face of the huge costs involved in enhancing the safety of the reactor near the end of it operating life.
Reactor at trouble-hit Genkai nuclear facility in Saga Prefecture comes back online
Residents protest the reactivation of the No. 4 unit after the restart of the No. 3 reactor rekindled safety concerns earlier this year.
Another reactor at Genkai plant in Saga heads for restart in late May
The operator of the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture plans to restart another reactor at the complex in late May, according to a plan recently submitted to the government. The rebooting of the No. 4 unit after a six-year hiatus will complete Kyushu ...
Hole found in steam system vent pipe in reactivated Genkai No. 3 reactor
Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Sunday it found a 1-cm hole in a pipe believed to have caused a small steam leak at one of the reactors at the recently restarted Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The leak at Genkai's No. 3 reactor ...
Steam leak prompts halt of recently restarted reactor at Genkai nuclear plant in Saga
Kyushu Electric Power Co. stopped generating electricity at the Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture on Saturday after a steam leak was detected in a reactor the previous day. The utility said that no radiation leaked and that it will inspect the reactor, which ...
Two-day nuclear disaster drill kicks off at Genkai plant in Saga
The government begins a two-day disaster drill based on a hypothetical nuclear accident at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai power station in Saga Prefecture.
Saga governor green-lights restart of Genkai nuclear reactors
Yoshinori Yamaguchi approves the restart of two reactors that could be brought online as early as this summer.
Mothers who fled Fukushima fallout raise voices against Genkai plant restart in Saga
A group of mothers who evacuated from the Kanto region to Fukuoka Prefecture after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis ramp up protests against efforts to restart the Genkai nuclear plant in neighboring Saga Prefecture.
A Saga Prefecture mayor approved a plan Tuesday to restart two nuclear reactors in his town, a step toward the resumption of the nation's third atomic power plant since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. "While taking the assembly's approval seriously, I decided to accept the government's ...
Court denies injunction against MOX fuel use in Saga reactor
The Fukuoka High Court upholds a lower court's decision to allow the use of fuel containing plutonium in a currently idled reactor.
