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REACTOR

Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2015
Ehime governor gives OK for reactor restart
Ehime became the second prefecture Monday to give a nod to restarting a nuclear power plant after the nation's reactors were idled in the wake of the March 2011 start of the meltdown crisis at the Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Apr 6, 2015
Decommissioning aging reactors inevitable, costly
Last month, four utilities announced they would decommission five commercial nuclear reactors that were at least 40 years old, rather than apply for a restart that could extend their operating life another two decades.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2015
Activists seek public hearings in Shiga on Takahama reactor restarts
Anti-nuclear activists on Thursday urged the governor of Shiga Prefecture to hold formal public hearings on the potential economic, social and environmental risks from two reactors in neighboring Fukui Prefecture that are moving toward restart.
EDITORIALS
Feb 22, 2015
Nuclear waste disposal problem
Even as the Abe administration pushes for the reactivation of idled nuclear power reactors once they're declared safe, it has yet to address the question of how Japan will dispose of highly radioactive nuclear waste so as not to endanger future generations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 5, 2015
Chubu Electric eyeing more business in Tokyo area
Chubu Electric Power Co. envisions engaging in electricity retailing and other business operations in the Tokyo area, expanding from the utility's traditional service area, company President Akihisa Mizuno has said.
WORLD
Dec 10, 2014
Iran claims it has no information on alleged purchase of nuclear equipment for Arak reactor
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said on Tuesday it had no information about the illicit procurement of equipment for the Arak research reactor as alleged in a report by a U.N. panel of experts and based on a briefing by a member country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2014
Ukraine says no danger after accident at nuclear plant
An accident at a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhya in southeastern Ukraine poses no danger to health or the environment, energy authorities said on Wednesday, an assessment later corroborated by the French nuclear institute IRSN.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
Fukushima Reactor 1 dismantling to be delayed
In the first-ever delay in the plans to dismantle reactor 1 at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, the government and the utility have agreed to postpone the removal of fuel rods from the spent-fuel pool by two years from the initial plans, NHK reported Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 16, 2014
Lockheed's Skunk Works developing truck-size fusion reactor
Lockheed Martin Corp.'s secretive Skunk Works unit, which designed the U-2 spy plane and F-117 stealth fighter jet, is developing a reactor to harness nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun.
JAPAN
Sep 26, 2014
Utilities should have nuclear waste storage facilities as prerequisite for reactor restarts, panel says
Utilities should be responsible for establishing temporary storage facilities for high-level radioactive waste as a prerequisite for restarting their nuclear reactors, according to a panel of experts that advises the government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Sep 21, 2014
Politicians discuss plan B in nuclear power push: underground reactors
With Japan's nuclear power plants nearing the end of their 40-year life cycle, a group of politicians is entertaining the idea of replacing them with underground reactors.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2014
JAEA facility in Ibaraki suffers radioactive water leak
Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced Thursday that a pool of radioactive water was found in the radiation uncontrolled area of its materials testing reactor in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 10, 2014
Japan's regulator OKs nuclear plant return while pushing to close old reactors
The Nuclear Regulation Authority has approved the restart of a nuclear power station in Kyushu, the first step toward reopening an industry that was mothballed after the Fukushima triple meltdown.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2014
IAEA sees signs North Korea reactor may be running
The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it has seen releases of steam and water indicating that North Korea may be operating a reactor, in the latest update on a plant that experts say could make plutonium for atomic bombs.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 5, 2014
Japan, Indonesia to cooperate on gas reactor development
The government-funded Japan Atomic Energy Agency said Monday it has reached an agreement with the Indonesian National Nuclear Energy Agency to cooperate in the research and development of high-temperature gas reactors.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2014
Monju may be relegated to site for waste radiation-reduction studies
The Abe Administration May Rethink The Research Project To Commercialize The Monju Prototype Fast-breeder Reactor, A Move That Could Affect Japan's Long-held Goal Of Recycling Spent Nuclear Fuel.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2014
NRA to re-examine fault situation at Tsuruga plant
The Nuclear Regulation Authority team began a two-day re-examination Monday of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture to follow up on its discovery last May that reactor 2 is sitting on an active fault.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2013
First batch of fuel from Fukushima reactor 4 pool now in different storage site
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Friday that it has finished transferring the first batch of fuel rod assemblies from the Fukushima No. 1 plants reactor 4 spent fuel pool to another building with more stable storage conditions.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2013
Reactors 5, 6 to be test units for scrapping plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co. plans to permanently idle the two reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant that were unscathed in the 2011 catastrophe and use them as test platforms for ultimately removing the fuel in the three reactors that suffered core meltdowns.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 19, 2013
Fukushima job feared too perilous for Tepco
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has done little to dispel doubts about its ability to manage the highly dangerous and decades-long task of decommissioning Fukushima No. 1.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
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JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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