Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
April 25, 2012
Researchers have found a possible active fault directly under the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, a discovery that could lead to the...
January 20, 2012
As if timed to the school entrance exam season that is currently under way, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency on Jan. 18 announced its judgments on the results of stress ...
January 20, 2012
An emergency battery was left unconnected to data transmission equipment at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, which compounded the confusion in the early stages of the...
January 12, 2012
The government’s monitoring system for nuclear power plants broke down on Dec. 30 and 31, sources said Jan. 11.
October 15, 2011
Aftershocks of the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake could have significantly worsened the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant in the weeks after the disaster,...
October 04, 2011
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) for the first time presented a plan to secure the safety of the reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant after cold...
October 01, 2011
Officials of two government agencies were found to have taken inappropriate action in seven instances in an attempt to influence public opinion on nuclear energy, according to...
September 30, 2011
The head of Japan's nuclear regulator warned that the effort to regain control of stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is relying on "makeshift...
August 27, 2011
The radioactive cesium-137 released by the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant was about 168.5 times the amount emitted by the Hiroshima atomic bomb, according...
August 17, 2011
A controversial nuclear reactor operated by Hokkaido Electric Power Co. resumed commercial operations on Aug. 17, becoming the first reactor to be restarted after the March 11...
August 08, 2011
The government has unveiled a draft plan to restructure its nuclear regulatory organizations and functions in a crucial policy response to the disastrous accident at the...
August 06, 2011
While the government wants to establish a new organization to regulate nuclear energy issues, bureaucratic turf fighting is delaying an agreement on what form that new agency...
August 05, 2011
Banri Kaieda's "reborn" industry ministry is looking quite similar to highly criticized one that was heavily armed to thwart the energy reforms pushed by Prime Minister Naoto...
August 04, 2011
Trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda announced Aug. 4 he is dismissing three of his top bureaucrats. The move is apparently meant to hold them accountable for mishandling...
August 02, 2011
There is a European saying that goes, "Those who walk slow go far." In Japan, we say, "Haste makes waste." Ten days after a deadly collision that caused four cars of a...
July 30, 2011
In 2006, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency asked a utility to manipulate public opinion in favor of nuclear power at a public forum, a fresh example of collusion between ...
July 30, 2011
Prime Minister Naoto Kan said allegations that Japan's nuclear watchdog had asked electric power companies to manipulate government-sponsored symposiums on nuclear power...
July 29, 2011
The agency tasked with regulating nuclear energy hoped to manipulate public opinion at a 2007 symposium on pluthermal generation at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, operated by ...
July 23, 2011
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency instructed all electric power companies on July 22 to report by Aug. 22 any errors in data on the earthquake resistance of nuclear...
July 23, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co.'s request to renew its license to operate a nearly 40-year-old reactor could be in trouble if signals from Prime Minister Naoto Kan are an indication.