operation resumption

LDP to include campaign pledge calling for restart...
Local residents receive radiation checks from Chubu Electric Power Co. workers in Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a drill simulating a disaster involving the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in February. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
A confident Liberal Democratic Party will continue moving toward a return to operations at nuclear power plants around the nation by including the goal in its campaign platform ...
New NRA rules impose costly roadblocks to restart...
The Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
For the next several years at least, Japan will probably have very limited ability to generate electricity through nuclear power.
Nuclear standards proposal may force...
The Mihama nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Electric power companies will have to prepare back-up power sources and have fire trucks ready near all of their nuclear reactors. They will be required to construct sturdy...
Agency drafts new safeguards for reactors that may...
The Asahi Shimbun
New standards being drafted by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) call for strict new safety measures that could delay the restart of idled reactors and place a heavy...
COMMENTARY: Decision on restarting Oi reactors...
Safety inspectors check on equipment at the central control room of the Oi nuclear plant on June 16 after the central government approved resumption of operations. (Provided by Kansai Electric Power Co.)
The decision by the central government on June 16 to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant is yet another attempt to rely on the myth of the safety of nuclear plants.
Fukushima evacuees, citizens groups vexed by Oi...
Participants at this year's Candle Night event at Tokyo's Zojoji temple hold candles after lights were turned off on Tokyo Tower on June 16. The event urging a power-saving lifestyle coincided with the government's decision to restart reactors at Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture. (Yusaku Kanagawa)
Among those shaking their heads at the June 16 decision by the central government to resume operations at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are evacuees in...
Oi mayor set to OK resumption of operations at...
Oi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
OI, Fukui Prefecture--In rare good news for the central government, Oi Mayor Shinobu Tokioka has signaled his readiness to approve a resumption of operations at the Oi nuclear...
Osaka compiles new conditions for resumption of Oi...
The Asahi Shimbun
The central government is again marching steadily toward restarting reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant, but local governments in the area have raised the stakes for...
Green light to Oi restart almost certain next week
Yukio Edano, the industry minister, explains the new provisional safety standards for resuming operations at nuclear power plants at a news conference on April 6. (Satoru Semba)
The government, desperate to avert power shortages this summer, is set to declare as early as next week that suspended reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui...
Noda to put full weight behind campaign for Oi...
Officials scuffle with audience members who attended a March 23 meeting of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan. (Eijiro Morii)
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said he would mobilize the "entire government" to persuade local leaders to accept the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at the Oi nuclear...
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