Atomic Energy Commission

Science panel recommends delaying burying...
The Asahi Shimbun
Citing the country's geologically unstable archipelago as a threat, the Science Council of Japan is recommending that the government build temporary storage facilities to hold...
AEC chairman: major change needed in reprocessing...
Shunsuke Kondo (Photo by Hiroki Nishida)
Japan may be facing the possibility of not being able to reprocess all of the spent nuclear fuel from its nuclear reactors, according to Shunsuke Kondo, chairman of the Japan...
Ties remain tight between Atomic Energy Commission, ...
The Asahi Shimbun
Officials are showing no signs of ending the cozy relationship that persists between the nuclear industry and safety regulators, despite rising criticism following last year's...
Fukushima decommissioning will take at least three...
A cover over the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant's No. 1 reactor was completed on Oct. 28. (Tokyo Electric Power Co.)
A draft road map outlining the more than 30-year process of decommissioning and dismantling the crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was published by...
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