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June 19, 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s subsidiary in the United States has won contracts to provide state-of-the-art water jet peening (WJP) services at two nuclear power plants,...
May 17, 2013
Keeping things as they are became practically impossible now that an expert panel has concluded that an active fault line runs directly under the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga...
May 01, 2013
Eight electric power companies reported a combined loss of 1.59 trillion yen ($16 billion) for fiscal 2012 as the aftereffects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster continued to...
March 02, 2013
NATORI, Miyagi Prefecture--Developers have unveiled a snake-like robot that they say can worm its way around obstacles and take videos in hard-to-reach places, such as disaster ...
February 27, 2013
TAIPEI--Taiwan's main opposition party called on Feb. 26 for a change in the law governing referendums to give voters a fair chance to decide whether to halt construction of a...
February 25, 2013
Fewer than half of prefectural and municipal leaders near nuclear plants believe nuclear power should be phased out in Japan, reflecting the struggles of communities in...
February 24, 2013
In the German state of Brandenburg lies the small town of Templin, population 16,000.
February 02, 2013
A senior official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority secretariat was removed for leaking a draft report by an expert panel on seismic activity at the site of the Tsuruga...
January 31, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Jan. 30 it may introduce mandatory background checks for workers at nuclear power plants as a way to prevent terrorist attacks.
January 16, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Jan. 15 to set maximum heights of possible tsunami striking individual nuclear plants and obligate their operators to take commensurate ...
January 12, 2013
The Nuclear Regulation Authority will require nuclear power plants to install secondary control rooms for reactor operations to guard against accidents from earthquakes,...
December 22, 2012
The probability of strong earthquakes striking eastern Japan within the next 30 years has markedly increased, according to experts.
December 14, 2012
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on Dec. 13 released corrections to all of its radiation forecast maps, which show the likely spread of radioactive substances from a...
November 15, 2012
A beam of light shines through the darkness, revealing the silhouette of a man wearing a hat low over his eyes and smoking a cigarette.
November 07, 2012
Japan's new nuclear industry watchdog acknowledged additional errors in its maps for the expected spread of radioactive substances from a serious nuclear accident, further...
November 01, 2012
Eight of Japan's 10 major power companies posted heavy financial losses over a half-year period due to the cost of buying more oil and gas to operate thermal plants while...
October 30, 2012
After only a month on the job, the Nuclear Regulation Authority has been forced to apologize after a utility spotted errors in its forecast maps showing the likely spread of...
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...
September 12, 2012
Citing the country's geologically unstable archipelago as a threat, the Science Council of Japan is recommending that the government build temporary storage facilities to hold...
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...