Takahama nuclear power plant

Editorials Oct 1, 2019

Probe suspicions over gifts given to Kepco executives

Kepco needs to get to the bottom of the case and publicly disclose its findings.

National Apr 21, 2016

Fears grow as Takahama reactors near restart

by Eric Johnston

As two aging reactors in the town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, move toward restart, safety concerns are growing in neighboring prefectures and municipalities within 30 km of the plant. Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama No. 1 and 2 reactors are over 40 years old, but ...

National Mar 27, 2016

Ikata restart ruling prompts Kepco to raise threat of countersuits

by Eric Johnston

Kansai Electric Power Co., angered by the decision earlier this month by the Otsu District Court in Shiga Prefecture to slap a provisional injunction on restarting two reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant on safety grounds, is lashing out at its critics and ...

Editorials Mar 9, 2016

Troubles at Takahama nuclear plant

Have nuclear plant operators taken the lessons of Fukushima to heart? Recent evidence suggests the answer is no.

National Mar 2, 2016

Halted Kansai Electric reactor placed in cold shutdown

Kansai Electric Power Co. has placed a nuclear reactor at its Takahama plant in a state of cold shutdown to investigate why the automatic safety shutoff was triggered earlier this week, the utility said Wednesday. The No. 4 reactor at the nuclear power plant in ...

National Jan 29, 2016

Third reactor restart spurs fears over shaky Kansai evacuation plans

by Eric Johnston

Kansai Electric fires up a reactor at the Takahama plant in Fukui despite misgivings about the region’s ability to respond to a nuclear accident.

National Dec 25, 2015

Kansai Electric to begin fuel loading for Fukui nuclear restart

Kansai Electric Power Co. said Friday it has started loading nuclear fuel into a reactor on the Sea of Japan following a court decision to lift an injunction against the move, paving the way for its restart in late January, which would be the ...

National Dec 21, 2015

Fukui governor to OK restart of two Kepco Takahama plant reactors but units still subject to injunction

Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa will soon give his consent for the restart of two nuclear reactors in the prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast, sources said Sunday, as the central government seeks to bring more reactors back online after the 2011 start of ...

National Dec 18, 2015

Government OKs evacuation plan in key step for Takahama nuclear plant restart

The central government approved an evacuation plan Friday for residents near an idled nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan coast, as it steps up efforts to bring more reactors back online following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis. A government commission gave the nod ...

Editorials Apr 16, 2015

Address nuclear safety concerns

By repeating their faith in the NRA's nuclear safety standard and dismissing any challenge to its validity, the government and power companies appear to be once more embracing the safety myth of nuclear power.