Oi nuclear power plant
August 03, 2012
A new nuclear regulatory commission to be established next month holds the key to how safety will be administered at Japan's nuclear power plants in the future.
August 02, 2012
The hard-line stance of the nominee for the chief of the new nuclear regulatory commission failed to quell criticism about his close ties with Japan’s entrenched “nuclear...
July 30, 2012
Thousands of anti-nuclear protesters almost encircled the Diet building in Tokyo on July 29 in the latest of more than four months of demonstrations against the reopening of...
July 27, 2012
With the tide of public opinion running against his administration’s policies on nuclear power and taxes, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is taking a leaf out of former U.S....
July 27, 2012
The mind-set of the management of Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) remains the same despite the March 11, 2011, disaster at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
July 26, 2012
Two electric power companies submitted plans July 25 to the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) for fresh surveys of possible active faults running under two nuclear...
July 21, 2012
Kansai Electric Power Co. said its 1,180-megawatt No. 4 reactor at its Oi nuclear plant resumed supplying electricity to the grid on July 21, Japan's second nuclear unit to...
July 19, 2012
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) has ordered two power companies to conduct a fresh survey at two nuclear plants to determine if fractures running under the...
July 18, 2012
OI, Fukui Prefecture--Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant here at 9 p.m. on July 18, marking the second of Japan's 50 idled...
July 14, 2012
Fifteen weeks ago, there were only 300 of them. On July 13, according to police estimates, there were 10,000 people in Tokyo’s streets with a single, simple message for Prime ...
July 10, 2012
Scrimping on electricity usage by households and businesses across Japan helped the government attain its numerical energy-saving targets for the first week of July and avert a ...
July 09, 2012
The government was expected to ease its energy-saving target for the Kansai region on July 9 after the No. 3 reactor at Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture became the...
July 09, 2012
Yuichiro Ito won a third term as governor of Kagoshima Prefecture on July 8 by defeating anti-nuclear challenger Yoshitaka Mukohara.
July 07, 2012
Anti-nuclear protesters are increasingly focusing their anger on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who decided to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant despite...
July 06, 2012
Water is a precious commodity at the International Space Station. That's why astronauts have been recycling their urine into drinking water for the past three years.
July 05, 2012
Japan ended two months without nuclear power on July 5 when the No. 3 unit at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant became the first reactor to resume supplying electricity to...
July 04, 2012
Buffeted by industry worries about high electricity costs on one side and public safety fears about nuclear power on the other, Japan's leaders are still struggling to craft a...
July 03, 2012
Japan entered a power-saving mode on July 2 with all 50 of its nuclear reactors shut down but one, with particularly demanding targets set in the western part of the nation.
July 02, 2012
OI, Fukui Prefecture--As scuffles broke out between riot police and protesters, Kansai Electric Power Co. removed the control rods at the No. 3 reactor of the Oi nuclear plant, ...
June 30, 2012
Thousands rallied outside the prime minister’s office in Tokyo’s Nagatacho district to protest the government's decision to restart two reactors at the Oi nuclear power...