Japan’s Nuclear Safety Rules Found To Be Flawed
A Japanese court found that Japan’s nuclear regulator’s decision to allow the Oi nuclear plant to restart was unreasonable and
Read moreA Japanese court found that Japan’s nuclear regulator’s decision to allow the Oi nuclear plant to restart was unreasonable and
Read moreWe round up recent news from Fukushima Daiichi and related events. TEPCO has continued to delay the completion of a
Read moreThis surprising news requires a bit of back story. The sitting Niigata prefecture governor, Hirohiko Izumida has been blocking the
Read moreThe Ikata unit 1 reactor will be permanently shut down. The nearly 40 year old reactor needs 200 billion yen
Read moreMany media reports tried to document the 5th anniversary of the 3-11 disaster. Some gave it superficial coverage. Others tried
Read moreScientists have tried to warn Japan’s NRA and other decision makers of the high risk for volcano danger to impact
Read moreJapan’s NRA has put two reactors at the Kashwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant on their “priority” list for restart screenings. The
Read moreAs Japan’s current government tries to force through reactor restarts, the process is running into some harsh reality. The NRA
Read moreBWR RESTART FOLLOWING EXTENDED SHUTDOWN By Dean Wilkie All of the reactors in Japan were shut down subsequent to the
Read moreWorkers began installing fuel in the unit 1 reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant in Japan last week. They expect
Read moreThe restart attempt of the nuclear reactors at the Takahama plant in Japan has again been rejected by the courts.
Read moreJapan’s NRA is expected to give restart approval for the Sendai nuclear plant this week. The reactors still would not
Read moreJapanese PM Abe made a statement over the weekend that he would restart Japan’s nuclear plants “by some means or
Read moreJapan’s NRA gave an initial approval towards the Sendai nuclear plant meeting government “safety standards”. There are still other aspects
Read moreMETI will solicit more research work for ways to remove the melted fuel from the Fukushima Daiichi reactors including ways
Read moreJapan’s nuclear regulator took a shot at the nuclear industry response to safety after Fukushima. “He said nuclear operators have
Read moreAs part of the effort to restart Kashiwazaki Kariwa the nearby city of Nagaoka held an evacuation drill. JAEA and Niigata
Read moreIn this report to METI TEPCO admits that with all of their nuclear plants offline they have excess power generation
Read moreTEPCO has started another PR effort. The current president of TEPCO met with local mayors near Kashiwazaki Kariwa, the nuclear
Read moreIn a series of recent articles justification for Japan’s reactor restarts were given. When all of these concepts are taken
Read moreJapan’s power companies will all have shareholder meetings this week, making some of the timing for restart possibilities at the
Read moreJapan’s NRA has begun the process to establish new rules (or guidelines) for reactor restarts. The rules are open for
Read moreThe media jumped all over TEPCO’s latest excuse without a moment of investigation. TEPCO announced that the disaster happened because
Read morePM Abe tossed out six panel members with anti-nuclear views from the government’s energy policy advisory council in mid March
Read moreWilliam Pesek at Bloomberg makes an interesting proposition that the policies of the LDP in Japan are part of the
Read moreJapan’s nuclear regulator says the Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear plant may be sited over active faults. If the faults are found
Read moreThe media has picked up on the risks at the Oi nuclear plant in Japan. Our report on the real
Read moreThe SimplyInfo.org research team has been busy looking into the newly claimed safety efforts at the Oi nuclear plant in
Read moreIn many portions of the English speaking media, Noda is being praised for “doing the right thing” for Japan. At
Read moreFormer Prime Minister Kan provided his testimony to the national Diet in Japan recently. In his comments he fended off
Read moreThe national government is pushing hard to restart the Oi reactors in Japan. Pressure is being put on various involved
Read moreA recent Japan Times story highlights the political strategies and tactics under the surface of the Oi reactor restarts. Kansai
Read moreThe local assembly of Oi town has voted to approve the restart of the Oi reactors. The assembly cited economic
Read moreJapan’s Nuclear Safety Commission stated it would be impossible to restart the units at Tsruga nuclear plant. Multiple fault lines
Read more84% of Japan businesses do not want reactors restarted or only want restarts only after sufficient safety changes are made.
Read moreWe have been following the recent political games surrounding the restart of the Oi reactors. The government disconnect with reality
Read moreWhile there has been an almost hyper-focus on METI minister Yukio Edano related to the issue of reactor restarts and
Read moreAs the Japanese government has been rushing to restart nuclear reactors everyone is asking the same question. Why? It really
Read moreThe central government appears poised to restart the nuclear reactors at Oi as early as next week. This article by
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