Opponents of reactor restarts on Friday filed for an injunction on plans to fire up four reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. The suit, filed with Fukui District Court, seeks a freeze in moves to restart reactors 3 and 4 at the Takahama plant ...
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.
The Osaka High Court rejected an appeal Friday by Kansai-area citizens who were seeking an injunction to prevent the restart of the Oi No. 3 and 4 reactors in Fukui Prefecture. Some 253 residents opposed the restart of the two reactors on safety grounds, warning ...
With Sunday's shutdown of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi No. 4 reactor for regular safety inspections, Japan will be without nuclear power for the first time since July 2012.
Japan heads for another respite from atomic power as Kansai Electric prepares to take reactor 3, one of the nation’s two running reactors, offline for a routine checkup.
The only two reactors currently operating in Japan will be taken offline for routine checks Sept. 15, the first time the nation will be without electricity generated by nuclear power in more than a year.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority says it will allow the nation's only two reactors currently online to continue operations after new safety rules for atomic plants are introduced next Monday.
The two nuclear reactors currently in operation in Japan have no serious safety problems in light of new regulations taking effect in July, regulators say in a draft assessment report.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority found no critical problems during an on-site inspection Saturday of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant, while assessing whether its two reactors can meet new safety requirements coming into force in July. "We did not come away with any impression ...
The Nuclear Regulation Authority will start the process Friday to assess whether the nation's two operating reactors can meet new safety requirements coming into force in July. If the NRA acknowledges that the reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture have ...
To keep the only nuclear plant now online from shutting down, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said Tuesday it will inspect Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi atomic facility in Fukui Prefecture according to new safety standards prior to their official July debut. After a regular meeting ...
Power went out for one minute at reactor 3 of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture but the outage did not affect the unit's operation or cause a negative impact outside the facility, Kepco says.
