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Nuclear 'an important power source' for Japan
Japan has a draft energy policy after almost three years of drift following the Fukushima accident. A summary today focused on security of supply and recommended the restart of idled reactors.
Nuclear Policies
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Tuesday, 25 February 2014
Fukushima water storage tank overflows
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An investigation is underway into why a storage tank at the Fukushima Daiichi site overflowed, leading to a spill of partially treated radioactive water. Clean-up of this water, which does not appear to have flowed into the sea, is underway.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 21 February 2014
Hamaoka 4 seeks restart approval
Chubu Electric Power Company has requested a safety review by Japan's nuclear regulator of unit 4 at its Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka prefecture. It becomes the seventeenth Japanese reactor to seek permission to restart.
Regulation & Safety
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Friday, 14 February 2014
Ideas for debris removal at Fukushima
Japan has received around 200 international suggestions on concepts to remove the remains of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor cores.
Waste & Recycling
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Friday, 7 February 2014
Debris clearance at Fukushima
A series of photographs showing progress in the removal of tsunami debris from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant has been released by Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 30 January 2014
Japan still counting Fukushima energy cost
Costly fossil fuel imports have helped push Japan into a trade deficit for a third consecutive year as the country's nuclear plants remain off line.
Nuclear Policies
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Monday, 27 January 2014
Tepco set to restructure
From around April this year Tepco is to be reorganised into two main sections: A power generation business and a separate division dedicated to decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi site.
Corporate
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Thursday, 2 January 2014
Tohoku seeks Onagawa 2 restart
Tohoku Electric Power Company has requested a safety review by Japan's nuclear regulator of unit 2 at its Onagawa plant, prior to its restart. The Onagawa plant sustained far less damage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami than expected.
Regulation & Safety
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Monday, 30 December 2013
No restart for undamaged Fukushima reactors
The two undamaged units at the Fukushima Daiichi plant - units 5 and 6 - are to be decommissioned, plant operator Tepco has confirmed. They may be used as mock-ups for testing technologies for inspecting and cleaning up the four damaged reactors there.
Corporate
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Wednesday, 18 December 2013
Japan looks to ratify liability accord
Japan intends to introduce legislation to ratify the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC). Japan's ratification of the CSC will bring the international convention on liability into force.
Nuclear Policies
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Friday, 13 December 2013
IAEA praises Fukushima decommissioning approach
Japan has adopted a more proactive approach towards addressing the many complex challenges posed by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, an international expert mission has concluded.
Regulation & Safety
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Thursday, 5 December 2013
Business calls for stable power supply in Japan
Nuclear power needs to be an option for Japan, said a panel of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), however recovery in Fukushima prefecture must be a priority.
Nuclear Policies
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Monday, 2 December 2013
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Chubu Electric Power Company has requested a safety review by Japan's nuclear regulator of unit 4 at its Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka prefecture. It becomes the seventeenth Japanese reactor to seek permission to restart._71x48.jpg "Scheme of Fukushima debris removal, February 2014 (Tepco) 71x48")
Japan has received around 200 international suggestions on concepts to remove the remains of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor cores.
A series of photographs showing progress in the removal of tsunami debris from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi plant has been released by Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Tohoku Electric Power Company has requested a safety review by Japan's nuclear regulator of unit 2 at its Onagawa plant, prior to its restart. The Onagawa plant sustained far less damage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami than expected.
The two undamaged units at the Fukushima Daiichi plant - units 5 and 6 - are to be decommissioned, plant operator Tepco has confirmed. They may be used as mock-ups for testing technologies for inspecting and cleaning up the four damaged reactors there.
Japan has adopted a more proactive approach towards addressing the many complex challenges posed by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, an international expert mission has concluded.