Costs to decommission JAEA nuclear facilities estimated at ¥1.9 trillion, agency says
The costs to decommission 79 nuclear facilities owned by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have been estimated to total ¥1.9 trillion over some 70 years, according to the agency. The estimated sum covers costs for scrapping buildings and disposing of radioactive waste, but does not ...
Japan’s auditors say the fast-breeder reactor only ran for 250 days over its troubled two-decade run and never cracked the secret to the plutonium fuel cycle.
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency says it will start removing nuclear fuel from the troubled experimental reactor as the first phase in its decades-long decommissioning.
Nuclear reactor operator submits 30-year plan to scrap trouble-prone Monju facility
The operator of the Monju prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor submitted a plan Wednesday to decommission the trouble-plagued facility located in Fukui Prefecture. The most recent plan presented to the Nuclear Regulation Authority lays out a 30-year time frame to complete the project despite a number ...
Japan eyes U.S. nuclear pact that renews automatically amid Trump administration vacancies
Japan will seek a nuclear energy pact with the United States that renews automatically while it continues reprocessing spent fuel and enriching uranium, government sources said Tuesday. The government plans to forgo a long-term pact similar to the 30-year bilateral agreement that expires in July ...
Monju prototype reactor, once a key cog in Japan's nuclear energy policy, to be scrapped
Once envisioned in a key role of the fuel-recycling policy, the controversial Monju reactor is scrapped by the government.
The central government’s plan to decommission the Monju fast-breeder reactor comes under fierce criticism from the governor of the prefecture that hosts the trouble-prone nuclear facility.
Ministry mulls 2020 start for Monju decommissioning after nine-month activation
The science and technology ministry overseeing the trouble-prone Monju fast-breeder reactor is considering starting decommissioning of the facility in 2020, ministry sources said Tuesday. It is the first time a specific time frame for decommissioning work for the Monju reactor in Fukui Prefecture on the ...
Japan Atomic Energy Agency to apply for safety checks to restart Joyo fast reactor
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is considering applying for a government safety assessment of its aging Joyo experimental fast reactor in March in hopes of restarting it, according to sources close to the matter. The government is looking to the Joyo reactor to continue development ...
Fukui poised to benefit from decision to scrap Monju
Big money pull a million stringsBig money hold the prize Big money weave a mighty web Big money draw the flies — Rush, "The Big Money" Last month's announcement that the Monju experimental fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, would likely be decommissioned was an acknowledgement of what ...
Nuclear cash cow Monju now a liability for residents as plant faces ax
In February 1983, Mayor Koichi Takagi of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, spoke to residents in the town of Shiga, Ishikawa Prefecture, who were hoping the town would be chosen as the site for a new nuclear power plant. Tsuruga already hosted two conventional reactors and, just ...
Japan to scrap troubled ¥1 trillion Monju fast-breeder reactor
The government opts to cut its losses, pulling the plug on the project after years of mishaps, cover-ups and waste.
