Nuclear Regulation Authority
May 15, 2013
An active geologic fault lies directly under the idled No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant, according to a report compiled May 15, jeopardizing the possibility of...
May 14, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided to order an indefinite suspension of the use of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
May 13, 2013
Japan’s nuclear watchdog will indefinitely suspend the use of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor over the operator’s disregard for safety that continued even after...
May 02, 2013
Japan's nuclear watchdog said it will seek to address unanswered questions about the Fukushima nuclear disaster in a report to be submitted to the Vienna-based International...
April 24, 2013
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi on April 23 said an idled nuclear reactor could be restarted as early as autumn, the first time a Cabinet member has mentioned a timetable...
April 19, 2013
Kansai Electric Power Co. has concluded that the nation's only operating reactors, the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, comply with...
April 18, 2013
A recent ruling by the Osaka District Court on the safety of two nuclear reactors didn’t signal a shift in attitude on the issue.
April 12, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority's proposal for new regulation standards, released on April 10, shows specifically which nuclear reactors should be short-listed as unfit to be...
April 11, 2013
For the next several years at least, Japan will probably have very limited ability to generate electricity through nuclear power.
April 10, 2013
Electric power companies will have to prepare back-up power sources and have fire trucks ready near all of their nuclear reactors. They will be required to construct sturdy...
April 05, 2013
The cooling system for a fuel storage pool for one of the reactors at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Japan temporarily failed on April 5 for the second...
March 28, 2013
Japanese government regulators said on March 27 that for the first time they will conduct their own investigation into the country's nuclear crisis to address key unanswered...
March 20, 2013
Japan's nuclear authority said March 19 it will not order two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to be shut for screening when new safety standards, yet ...
March 14, 2013
As it is poised to impose strict regulatory measures on the operation of nuclear power plants, the Nuclear Regulation Authority is increasingly met by opposition that it is...
February 28, 2013
Japan could be saddled with fragile and hazardous reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant for years to come, warned an official with the Nuclear Regulation...
February 27, 2013
Japan’s 10 nuclear power plant operators said it will cost close to 1 trillion yen ($10.87 billion) to bring them in compliance with government-mandated safety standards on...
February 24, 2013
None of Japan’s 16 nuclear power plants has satisfied the government's proposed new safety standards, making them ineligible to be restarted in the near future, according to...
February 21, 2013
Preparations for the mammoth task of decommissioning crippled reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are being stymied by continued high levels of radiation from...
February 19, 2013
Geological fault lines that run beneath Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture are almost certainly active, according to an expert...
February 14, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority is to inspect a building at the stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant that may contain evidence proving whether it was the powerful tsunami or ...