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Takamatsu High Court rejects calls from residents to halt Shikoku Electric's Ikata nuclear reactor

National Nov 15, 2018

Takamatsu High Court rejects calls from residents to halt Shikoku Electric's Ikata nuclear reactor

A high court Thursday rejected calls from local residents to suspend the operation of a nuclear reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant that was recently restarted. In upholding a lower court decision from July last year, the Takamatsu High Court said the No. ...

Safety checks delay construction of MOX fuel plant in Aomori for third time

National Sep 4, 2018

Safety checks delay construction of MOX fuel plant in Aomori for third time

Construction in Aomori Prefecture of the world’s first commercial reactor to operate solely on plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel will be pushed back again, the utility building the reactor announced.

Business | FOCUS Jul 29, 2018

Japan and Hitachi pin nuclear export hopes on U.K. project in Wales

by Junko Horiuchi

A nuclear power plant project in Britain is giving Japan a glimmer of hope for spurring infrastructure exports, a key growth strategy of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Reactor at trouble-hit Genkai nuclear facility in Saga Prefecture comes back online

National Jun 16, 2018

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

National Apr 22, 2018

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

National Apr 2, 2018

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 ...

Nuclear Regulation Authority chief draws flak for saying North Korea should attack Tokyo instead of a reactor

National Jul 7, 2017

Nuclear Regulation Authority chief draws flak for saying North Korea should attack Tokyo instead of a reactor

The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority drew fire Friday for a comment he made Thursday saying it would be "far better" for North Korea to launch a missile at Tokyo than at a small nuclear reactor. "I don't know the level of North Korea's ...

Toshiba's troubled Westinghouse may be strategic fit for China or South Korea

Business / Corporate Mar 14, 2017

Toshiba's troubled Westinghouse may be strategic fit for China or South Korea

by Stephen Stapczynski

If Toshiba Corp. parts ways with its embattled U.S. nuclear unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., the likely buyer may be a regional neighbor with global ambitions. Westinghouse would be a strategic fit in China or South Korea, which are developing their own reactors for export, according ...

Concerns emerge over guarantee for Toshiba's U.S. nuclear project

Business / Corporate Mar 10, 2017

Concerns emerge over guarantee for Toshiba's U.S. nuclear project

Concerns about a potential burden on American taxpayers have emerged as Toshiba Corp. is considering the option of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy for its troubled U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Co., according to sources close to the matter. With the U.S. government having guaranteed an ...

Tepco's biggest hurdle: How to remove melted fuel from crippled Fukushima reactors

National | AFTEREFFECTS OF MARCH 2011 Mar 9, 2017

Tepco's biggest hurdle: How to remove melted fuel from crippled Fukushima reactors

by Kazuaki Nagata

Six years after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, recent investigations underneath the damaged reactor 2 using cameras and robots came close to identifying melted fuel rods for the first time. Experts say getting a peek inside the containment vessel ...

Fukushima fuel-removal quest leaves trail of dead robots

National Feb 17, 2017

Fukushima fuel-removal quest leaves trail of dead robots

by Emi Urabe and Stephen Stapczynski

The latest robot attempting to find the 600 tons of nuclear fuel and debris that melted down six years ago in the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant met its end in less than a day. The scorpion-shape machine, built by Toshiba Corp., entered ...

National / Crime & Legal Feb 2, 2017

Ex-worker during Fukushima disaster sues Tepco, Kyushu Electric over leukemia

A former nuclear worker who developed leukemia after combating the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis demanded ¥59 million (around $524,000) in damages from two utilities Thursday at his first trial hearing at the Tokyo District Court. The 42-year-old man from Fukuoka Prefecture is the first person ...

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