Japan Regulator urges monitoring of crippled #Fukushima plant
via Press TV / Aug 29, 2013 / Japan’s nuclear regulator says the impact of the radiation-contaminated water leaks at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant is not known and it needs to be monitored more closely....
View ArticleFukushima water release unavoidable: Japan nuke watchdog
via Press TV / Sep 2, 2013 / Japan’s nuclear watchdog says contaminated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant will have to be released into the ocean eventually. Nuclear Regulation Authority...
View ArticleSeeking Unified View on Marine Contamination
via Japan Real Time / Sep 18, 2013 / Recent decisions by two local fishing cooperatives to delay a resumption of fishing near the Fukushima nuclear plant highlight the confusion over ocean...
View ArticleVideo: Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan Discuss The Ongoing Fukushima Crisis
via Independent Web Journal / Sep 24, 2013 / The radioactive discharge problem at Tepco’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is bringing worldwide attention to Japan’s ability to deal with the...
View ArticleJapan proposes more steps to store Fukushima water
via Associated Press / December 3, 2013 / A government panel proposed additional measures to lessen the radioactive water crisis at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant, saying Tuesday that current...
View ArticleHilarious NRA Meeting: Saving Money Comes Before Monitoring Leaks Inside the...
via ex-SKF / December 10, 2013 / What’s more pressing at Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant is not measuring radiation levels around the SGTS pipe where 25 sieverts/hour radiation source may be inside (to...
View ArticleJapan lacks decommissioning experts for Fukushima
via Phys.org / December 15, 2013 / Japan is incapable of safely decommissioning the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant alone and must stitch together an international team for the massive undertaking,...
View ArticleNuclear regulator raps TEPCO over inaccuarte radiation readings
By Mari Saito / reuters.com / February 12, 2014 / Japan’s nuclear regulator has criticised the operator of the stricken Fukushima plant for incorrectly measuring radiation levels in contaminated...
View ArticleNuclear regulators misled the media after Fukushima, emails show
via RT.com / March 10, 2014 / Emails obtained by journalists at NBC News reveal that officials at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission — the government agency that oversees reactor safety...
View ArticleJapan’s Nuclear Energy Policy Impasse
By Andrew DeWit / Asia-Pacific Journal / April 7, 2014 / 60% of Japan’s 48 viable nuclear reactors, are not as yet being considered for application to the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) for restart....
View ArticleJapan and France to promote fast breeder reactors
via Enformable.com / May 5, 2014 /Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and French President Francois Hollande met during a summit meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Monday and agreed that the two...
View ArticleTEPCO public trust remains low as Japan shuffles nuclear watchdog
via Channel News Asia / May 28, 2014 / Japan’s government has announced it will replace two of its five members on the Nuclear Regulation Authority which determines if a nuclear plant is ready for a...
View ArticleNuke Watchdog Gives Okay To Fukushima Ice Wall
from Straight.com / May 29, 2014 / Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has given the go-ahead to the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant to build a so-called ice wall around...
View ArticleJapan’s Nuclear Regulator To Review Exposure Limit
via NHK World / July 10, 2014 / Japan’s nuclear regulator says it will consider revisions to a law for protecting nuclear plant workers’ health in emergencies. The Nuclear Regulation Authority...
View ArticleNuclear Watchdog May Raise Radiation Exposure Limit For Emergencies
from Japan Times / July 30, 2014 / The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday it is considering raising the maximum radiation exposure limit for nuclear workers in emergencies, from the current...
View ArticleFishers Submit Request Over TEPCO Wastewater Plan
via NHK World / January 27, 2015 / Japanese fishers have demanded that the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant gain their understanding before releasing decontaminated water into...
View ArticleNRA to Approve Takahama Safety Measures
via NHK World / February 3, 2014 / Japan’s nuclear regulator is set to compile next week its final assessment on 2 reactors at the Takahama power plant (pictured) in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan....
View ArticleFlashback: Understanding the Power Structures Behind the 3.11 Fukushima...
from japan-focus.org / December 26, 2011 / By Nishioka Nobuyuki I: Fukushima and Okinawa At midnight on April 22, 2011, the Japanese government designated the zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the...
View ArticleJapanese Court Forbids Restart of Takahama Nuclear Plant
via digitaljournal.com / April 15, 2015 / Pro-nuclear proponents suffered a serious setback today after Fukui District Court’s three-judge panel handed down a ruling forbidding the restart of two of...
View ArticleNRA & TEPCO Agree to Start Frozen Underground Wall at Fukushima No. 1 in Stages
via The Japan Times / February 15, 2016 / The Nuclear Regulation Authority and Tokyo Electric Power Co. have broadly agreed to start operating the frozen underground wall at the Fukushima No. 1...
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