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TAKAHAMA

Japan Times
JAPAN
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 1, 2016
Kansai Electric to put off troubled reactor's commercial operation
Commercial operation of the troubled reactor 4 at the Takahama facility in Fukui Prefecture will likely be pushed back to April after the Nuclear Regulation Authority said it will be difficult to proceed until preventive steps are approved.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 29, 2016
Takahama reactor automatically shuts down after alert: Kansai Electric
A reactor at the Takahama power plant in Fukui Prefecture shuts down automatically after a problem with a generator triggers an alarm.
JAPAN
Feb 26, 2016
Japan restarts fourth atomic reactor since 2012 moratorium
The Takahama No. 4 reactor in Fukui becomes the fourth to be restarted since 2012 and the first to burn plutonium-containing MOX fuel.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2016
First reactors in Japan get tentative approval to burn for longer than 40 years
Two aging nuclear reactors take a step toward being allowed to exceed their 40-year service lifetimes, in what would be the first such extensions under new safety guidelines.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2016
Reactor coolant leak caused by weak bolt tension, Kansai Electric says
A radioactive coolant water leak at one of the idled reactors at the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture was caused by insufficient tension of a bolt in a valve installed in a pipe, according to Kansai Electric Power Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Feb 21, 2016
As residents and reactors age, Fukui's fortunes fade
On a gray winter day late last month alternating between rain and sleet, many in the Sea of Japan town of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, were feeling sunny. For the restart of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant No. 3 reactor means not only a return to nuclear power, but a return of the money stream that flows from it.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2016
Two 40-year-old Takahama reactors set to clear screening but other hurdles block restart OK
Two more reactors at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are expected to clear safety screening by regulators in the near future, but hurdles remain for them to restart, sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2016
Third reactor restart spurs fears over shaky Kansai evacuation plans
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2016
Shiga, Kansai Electric sign safety accord ahead of Takahama reactor restart
The Shiga Prefectural Government signs an agreement with Kansai Electric Power Co. on safety issues concerning the Takahama nuclear plant in adjacent Fukui Prefecture, which is scheduled to restart Friday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2015
No endorsement of nuclear safety
A Fukui court decision that paves the way for the restart of nuclear reactors at the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant should not be viewed as an endorsement of nuclear power's safety.
Japan Times
JAPAN / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Dec 27, 2015
Fukui defies critics of nuclear evacuation plan
Last week's approval by Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa to restart two Takahama nuclear reactors, followed by the Fukui District Court's lifting of a provisional injunction, means Japan will soon fire up its third and fourth reactors since 2012.
JAPAN
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 country's third reactor to go online.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2015
Fukui governor OKs reactor restarts at Takahama plant
Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa gave the go-ahead Tuesday for Kansai Electric Power Co. to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at its Takahama plant on the Sea of Japan coast.
JAPAN
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 the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
JAPAN
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.
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2015
Evacuation plan compiled for residents around Takahama nuclear plant
The Cabinet Office and three western prefectures finalized an evacuation plan Wednesday for residents living within 30 kilometers of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s idled Takahama nuclear plant.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2015
Takahama mayor approves Kepco reactor restarts, yet court injunction remains
Yutaka Nose, mayor of Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, agreed Thursday to a restart of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear reactors, saying he made his decision after consultations on safety issues with the central government.
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2015
Tsunami traces from hundreds of years ago found near 'safe' Takahama nuclear plant
A group of researchers has found tsunami traces believed to date back to between the 14th to 16th centuries near the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 22, 2015
Kagoshima court rejects injunction against Sendai reactor restarts
The Kagoshima District Court on Wednesday dismissed a provisional injunction to block the restart of two more nuclear reactors in the prefecture, brushing aside the concerns of local residents worried about the safety of the plant.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
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Japan's labor crunch persists despite slight improvement
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Excitement returns to tourist spots in Japan one year on
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