Oi nuclear power plant
May 18, 2013
Overly optimistic assumptions about the safety of nuclear power plants can result in huge damage if a disaster actually takes place. That is one of the most important lessons...
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 16, 2013
A Japanese court rejected a petition to close down the country's only two operating nuclear reactors, in the country's first legal ruling on atomic power since the Fukushima...
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 ...
December 28, 2012
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Dec. 27 it will recommend shutting down the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture if an active geological fault is found to run...
November 29, 2012
Shiga Governor Yukiko Kada has formed a new party called Nippon Mirai no To (Japan Future Party) that will support the nation's move away from its dependence on nuclear power...
November 12, 2012
Inspectors with the Nuclear Regulation Authority will carry out checks at three additional locations in the compound of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to...
November 05, 2012
Japan’s new nuclear watchdog remained split over whether an active fault runs underneath emergency equipment at a nuclear power plant, delaying a decision on the fate of the...
November 04, 2012
Experts have postponed a decision on whether a fault line underneath Japan's only operating nuclear power plant is active or what to do with the facility.
November 03, 2012
The government's nuclear industry watchdog on Nov. 2 inspected a geological fault line at the site of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, which some experts suspect ...
October 18, 2012
Japan's new nuclear regulator will impose tighter safety standards for atomic plants, taking account of geological data in the earthquake-prone country, its head said on Oct....
October 13, 2012
The No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant, operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., continue running even though the government-led summer power-saving campaign is...
October 04, 2012
Having come under fire for reactivating two nuclear reactors ostensibly to avert power shortages during summer, the government now seems to be ducking responsibility for...
September 29, 2012
Whether Japan's idled reactors should resume power generation is a decision others must take, not the central government, the industry minister has said.
September 22, 2012
The head of Japan's new nuclear watchdog said Japan's two functioning reactors should remain active, despite the end of the summer peak demand for electricity.
September 20, 2012
Japan inaugurated a new nuclear safety agency Sept. 19, as part of moves to tighten oversight of a sprawling industry blamed for one of the world's worst nuclear disasters.
September 08, 2012
Electric power companies are becoming increasingly desperate to restart their nuclear plants to stay afloat, warning of rate hikes and blackouts if their reactors remain...
August 26, 2012
This is Japan's summer of discontent. Tens of thousands of protesters--the largest demonstrations the country has seen in decades--descend on Tokyo every Friday evening to...
August 04, 2012
Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters who have been gathering noisily outside the prime minister's office in Tokyo the past months on Friday evenings will get to make...