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April 24, 2013
Industry minister Toshimitsu Motegi on April 23 said an idled nuclear reactor could be restarted as early as autumn, the first time a Cabinet member has mentioned a timetable...
April 02, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea announced plans on April 2 to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor that has been closed since 2007, but emphasized it was seeking a deterrent capacity,...
March 13, 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. has completed work to replace the reactor vessel head at Angra 1, a pressurized water reactor nuclear power plant in Brazil, the company said...
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 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...
April 23, 2012
Although he has been criticized for flip-flopping on his energy policy, industry minister Yukio Edano now said Japan is moving to eliminate nuclear power with a target date in...
January 06, 2012
Japan plans to limit the life of nuclear reactors to 40 years, allowing extensions only under stringent conditions, and to legally bind plant operators to prepare for severe...
December 07, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co. will manually halt its Mihama No. 2 nuclear reactor as a safety precaution after it discovered unusual levels of coolant leaking from a valve inside...
November 10, 2011
To ensure transparency, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) on Nov. 8 began releasing on its website exchanges with utility companies over assessments of how...
November 02, 2011
Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Nov. 1 restarted the No. 4 reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, the first resumption of reactor operations in Japan since...
October 14, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO) will ask companies and households in its service area to reduce electricity usage this winter to prevent possible electricity shortages when...
July 18, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co. now faces the strong possibility of an electricity shortage this summer with the stoppage of operations on July 16 of the No. 1 reactor at its Oi...
June 01, 2011
MATSUE--Chugoku Electric Power Co. will delay the start of operations at a new reactor under construction at its Shimane nuclear plant here due to inadequate defense against...
April 01, 2011
Regaining control of the four stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant could take months or years, according to nuclear experts.
March 29, 2011
As workers at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant continue to pump tons of water onto its overheating reactors, the problem of what to do with radioactive water...
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