National May 23, 2018
Corrosion and holes have been found in ventilation ducts in 12 reactors across the country, raising concerns workers could be exposed to radiation in an accident.
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National / Crime & Legal Mar 30, 2018
The Osaka District Court on Friday dismissed a request by a resident to halt two reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture because they might be attacked by North Korean missiles. While noting that North Korea is developing missiles that put Japan ...
National Dec 27, 2017
Two Tepco reactors are cleared for restarts by the nuclear watchdog agency, becoming the first run by the operator of the crippled Fukushima power plant to pass stricter safety standards.
World / Politics Dec 7, 2017
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn promised a business associate before the inauguration of Donald Trump that U.S. sanctions with Russia would be "ripped up" by the incoming administration, according to a witness account described by House Democrats. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the ...
National Nov 16, 2017
Nine reactors in Japan use products manufactured by steel maker that admitted faking quality data
Nine reactors at five nuclear power plants in Japan, including some currently in operation, have used products manufactured by the Kobe Steel Ltd. group which has admitted fabricating product quality data, it has been learned. According to documents shown at a meeting of the Nuclear ...
National Sep 19, 2017
Cooling systems at five NRA-cleared nuke plants could fail if nearby volcanoes erupt
Five nuclear power plants that have passed safety clearances may be at risk of having their cooling systems crippled during huge eruptions of nearby volcanoes, the nuclear safety watchdog says.
National Jul 5, 2017
Fuel debris extraction plan for crippled Fukushima reactors to be revealed soon: sources
A state-backed entity is close to completing a plan for decommissioning the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant, detailing for the first time how it hopes to extract fuel debris from three reactors.
Business Jul 3, 2017
Westinghouse could be sold by year's end, U.S. seen telling India
The U.S. administration has told India that Westinghouse Electric Co. will emerge from bankruptcy and be sold by the year end, industry and diplomatic sources have said, raising the prospect of a Washington-supported sale or bailout for the nuclear firm. India, like other nuclear nations, ...
National Jun 23, 2017
NRA urging background checks on students using Japan's research reactors
Japan's nuclear regulator has urged universities to conduct background checks on students and researchers working at research reactors, as a step to ensure the proper handling of nuclear materials and prevent terrorism, a source said Thursday. The check items include mental disorder and criminal records ...
National May 10, 2017
Kansai Electric Power Co. is planning to reactivate an idled nuclear reactor on the Sea of Japan coast on May 17 at the earliest, sources close to the matter said Tuesday. The planned restart of the reactor 4 at the Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture ...
Business / Corporate Apr 27, 2017
Future of Westinghouse may hinge on fate of its new Shanghai reactor
by Stephen Stapczynski and Aibing Guo
The start-up of a nuclear power plant south of Shanghai later this year has a lot riding on it. It will be the first to use a new reactor designed by Westinghouse Electric Co., and its success is critical for the embattled company's future. Development ...
National Nov 29, 2016
Full-scale model used to test decommissioning for Fukushima reactor
A research institute has used a full-size mock-up of part of a nuclear reactor to conduct trial decommissioning experiments for use on the disaster-hit Fukushima No. 1 plant. The International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning (IRID) carried out the experiments Tuesday using a 20-meter wide, ...