nuclear fuel cycle
March 18, 2013
For years, Japan, under a national policy, has been seeking to build a nuclear fuel recycling system that extracts plutonium from spent fuel through reprocessing for reuse as...
October 02, 2012
The announcement of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's new Cabinet lineup on Oct. 1 has cast further doubt on the government's commitment to eliminating nuclear plants in the...
October 02, 2012
OMA, Aomori Prefecture--Construction of a nuclear reactor is soon to restart in this northern town, after a 19-month hiatus following the accident at the Fukushima No. 1...
September 15, 2012
The Noda administration on Sept. 14 formally decided on a new national energy strategy aimed at ending nuclear power generation in Japan by the end of the 2030s.
September 13, 2012
With Japan moving to phase out nuclear energy, Britain, France and Aomori Prefecture are trying to ensure they will not be stuck with high-level radioactive waste from a fuel...
August 25, 2012
The industry ministry plans to amend legislation to allow for "direct disposal" of spent nuclear fuel, a move away from the nation’s problem-plagued goal of creating a full...
August 17, 2012
Has Japan opened the door--slightly--to developing nuclear weapons? The nation has amended its nuclear manifesto to cite "national security" as a reason for possessing the...
August 14, 2012
The industry ministry announced that it will include research funds for "direct disposal," in which spent nuclear fuel is buried underground, in its next budget request,...
July 20, 2012
To build a safe society that does not rely on nuclear power, it is necessary for the government not only to lower the ratio of nuclear power to overall electricity generation...
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