Editorials Oct 1, 2019
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 ...
National Mar 2, 2016
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 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
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.
National Jun 18, 2013
Kepco's MOX load to arrive June 27
by Eric Johnston
The first batch of controversial MOX fuel to be sent to Japan since the Fukushima disaster is set to arrive in Fukui Prefecture on June 27.