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December 06, 2011
Not a few members of the government panel looking into the accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant are skeptical about Tokyo Electric Power Co. pointing the finger...
September 30, 2011
The head of Japan's nuclear regulator warned that the effort to regain control of stricken reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant is relying on "makeshift...
September 06, 2011
Industry minister Yoshio Hachiro said he will ask the International Atomic Energy Agency to assess the results of stress tests on nuclear reactors in Japan to determine if...
July 29, 2011
Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on July 28 offered to have his nuclear watchdog agency review the results of the "stress tests" that...
July 23, 2011
Kansai Electric Power Co.'s request to renew its license to operate a nearly 40-year-old reactor could be in trouble if signals from Prime Minister Naoto Kan are an indication.
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...
July 12, 2011
The chief of Japan's most influential business organization blasted the Naoto Kan government for creating confusion by calling for stress tests of nuclear power reactors...
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 12, 2011
Disagreements between Prime Minister Naoto Kan and industry minister Banri Kaieda forced trade-offs in the new nuclear power safety evaluation regime announced by the...
July 12, 2011
Seventy percent of voters want Prime Minister Naoto Kan to resign by the end of August while his Cabinet's approval rating slumped to 15 percent, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
July 11, 2011
Japan will introduce a new safety inspection regime for its nuclear power plants that will eventually introduce standards modeled on European rules, Chief Cabinet Secretary...
July 07, 2011
A furious industry minister Banri Kaieda plans to quit, possibly in August, after being undercut by Prime Minister Naoto Kan's demand for stress tests on nuclear power plants.
July 07, 2011
The government plan to require all nuclear power reactors to undergo stress tests will push back the expected restart of two reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant this...
July 06, 2011
The government will conduct earthquake and tsunami stress tests on all commercial reactor cooling systems to assuage public fears pending restarts of offline reactors, industry ...
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