Tomari nuclear power plant
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 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.
May 07, 2012
For the past 34 years, Takeichi Saito has been taking daily readings of seawater temperatures close to where the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido was eventually built.
May 06, 2012
The devastating accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant last year has evoked serious public distrust of politicians, bureaucrats and scientists.
May 05, 2012
When Naoto Kan pledged to lead Japan to a nuclear-free future last July he was met by a barrage of criticism from bureaucrats, business leaders and members of his own Cabinet.
May 05, 2012
Workers at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido were preparing on May 5 to power down the plant's No. 3 reactor and leave Japan nuclear-free for the first time in 42...
May 05, 2012
The No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant went offline May 5 for routine maintenance, leaving Japan without a single running reactor.
May 05, 2012
"Hyakumonogatari" (One hundred tales) is a traditional Japanese parlor game for people who love to tell and listen to "kaidan" ghost stories. Participants tell their tales in a ...
May 04, 2012
Japan shuts down its last working nuclear power reactor this weekend just over a year after a tsunami scarred the nation and if it survives the summer without major electricity ...
January 11, 2012
TOMARI, Hokkaido--Hiroomi Makino on Jan. 10 was re-elected mayor without a vote in this northern village, which hosts the Tomari nuclear power plant, after no candidate emerged ...
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...
July 13, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co. and Hokkaido Electric Power Co. plan to resume commercial operations of two nuclear reactors that have already been running at full capacity in a...
July 12, 2011
Haruki Madarame, chairman of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan, questioned on July 11 the continued operation of reactors at two Japanese nuclear power plants that have...
July 06, 2011
Two reactors shut down for regular inspections have now been running at full capacity for months despite not receiving the final clearance from the Nuclear and Industrial...
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