On Nov. 28, the government presented a draft of its new nuclear policy, which proposes to extend the operational life of Japan's aging nuclear plants from 40 years to beyond 60, if safety upgrades ...
Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear meltdown and left parts of Fukushima prefecture uninhabitable on Monday with a minute of silence and memorial events, where officials pledged continued support for rebuilding.
The nuclear disaster in 2011 In March 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, also known as Tohoku Earthquake, and the following tsunami caused a meltdown at three reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi ...
It is ten years since the Fukushima Daiichi power plants accident caused by the Great East Japan earthquake on 11 March 2011. The earthquake, which occurred in March's still cold season, changed ...
A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants submitted a petition on Friday asking regulators to halt safety screening for the restart of idled reactors until damage to a plant that partially lost external power and spilled radioactive water during a recent powerful earthquake is fully examined. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
As of June 2022, 10 nuclear reactors at six power stations have been given the go-ahead to restart in Japan but only 4 reactors are currently in operation. Despite local governments agreeing to ...
Nearly all of the nuclear reactors constructed and operating in Japan are light-water reactors. A light-water reactor is a nuclear reactor in which the heat created by nuclear fission is extracted as high-temperature high-pressure steam, and regular water (light water) is used as coolant and moderating material to reduce the speed of neutrons.
Like elsewhere in the world, decisions related to nuclear safety are a national responsibility and Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved the plan in May. The IAEA's review addressed all key safety elements of the water discharge plan in three major components: assessment of protection and safety; regulatory activities and ...
Japan has developed the research of nuclear power generation since the middle of the 1950s. A test power reactor, JPDR, started operation in 1963 and Tokai Power Station, the first commercial reactor went into …
This report identified three challenges (low capacity factor, long review period and local opposition) and carried out a scenario analysis. If three of the 27 plants do not restart by 2030, the government …
FILE - Boars roam near a barricade set up to restrict the entry to difficult-to-return zones in Futaba, near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on March 11, 2017. Japan on Monday, March 11, 2024, marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northern …
(All nuclear plants in Japan are built on rock – ground acceleration was around 2000 Gal a few kilometres north, on sediments). The original design basis tsunami height was 3.1 m for Daiichi based on assessment of the 1960 Chile tsunami and so the plant had been built about 10 metres above sea level with the seawater pumps 4 m above sea level ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, rear, in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, where Japan is expected to discharge more than a million cubic meters of ...
During both of the earlier governments, restarts of nuclear power plants were allowed under certain circumstances, but the stated long-term aim was to reduce Japan's dependence on nuclear energy.
In March 2011, an accident occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan. This accident was caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami – the most powerful earthquake recorded in Japan's history. Despite being such a large event, only one death has been attributed to the disaster.
As of June 2022, 10 nuclear reactors at six power stations have been given the go-ahead to restart in Japan but only 4 reactors are currently in operation.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is seen on March 17. Japan on Thursday adopted a new policy promoting greater use of nuclear energy to ensure a stable power supply amid global...
Fukushima accident, accident in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi ("Number One") plant in northern Japan, the second worst nuclear accident (after the Chernobyl disaster of 1986) in the history of nuclear power generation. The site is on Japan's Pacific coast, in northeastern Fukushima prefecture about 100 km (60 miles) south of …
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is in the town of Okuma, in Fukushima Prefecture. It sits on the country's east coast, about 220km (137 miles) north-east of the capital Tokyo.
This report provides information on the status and development of nuclear power programmes in Japan, including factors related to the effective planning, decision making and implementation of the nuclear power …
This image made from video provided by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) shows debris inside the No. 1 reactor as a drone probes the worst-hit reactor at the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 28, 2024.
Japan began pumping more than a million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Thursday, a process that will take decades to complete.
An 8.2-gigawatt nuclear reactor in Japan located at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power plant, 155 miles (250 km) north of the capital city of Tokyo, is set to resume operations after the country's ...
Based on the plan, this report makes an objective analysis of the current situation of nuclear power in Japan and provides a realistic view of projections towards 2030. The government assumes that if the existing 27 nuclear power plants are in operation in 2030 with a capacity factor of 70-80 %, then it could be possible for nuclear …
At present, Japan has only nine nuclear reactors in operation. In fiscal 2020, nuclear power generation accounted for only around 7 percent of the country's total power generation ...
After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, Japan suspended operations at all of its remaining 48 nuclear power reactors by 2013 and relied almost exclusively on imported natural gas to replace the lost electricity generation.In 2015, Japan allowed its first nuclear power reactor to resume operations. As of December 2022, 11 gigawatts (GW) …
The operation of 10 nuclear power plants had been restarted as of July 2022. Additionally, 4 nuclear power plants were granted permission by the NRA to change their installations, and local …
April 12, 2011 • The Japanese government raised its assessment of the crisis at Japan's stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to the highest possible level. And it could take more than ...
In July 2023, Takahama Nuclear Power Plant resumed operations after a 12-year hiatus, as Japan switched emphasis in its energy policy to extend the life of its existing nuclear plants and...
After the disaster 11 years ago at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, where an earthquake and tsunami led to a triple meltdown, Japan took most of its nuclear plants offline.
Following a government policy reversal in late 2022 that allows Japan to maximize the use of existing nuclear reactors by accelerating restarts and by extending the lifespan of nuclear reactors beyond 60 years, Japan's powerful business association Keidanren also called for maximizing nuclear energy use, viewing it as "indispensable."
Flounders are raised in a fish tank filled with diluted treated radioactive wastewater at a laboratory at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in …
F rom the grounds of Onagawa Nuclear Power Station, a plant in northern Japan, waves can be heard lapping at the nearby shore. They serve as a reminder of the tragedy that struck on March 11th ...
The road back for nuclear power was built on actions taken at the national and international levels to share factual information on the real impact of the Fukushima Daiichi accident and further strengthen nuclear safety, combined with ongoing innovations in reactor design and performance and the long-term operation (LTO) of existing …
On 10 July 2024, Japan provided the IAEA with a copy of a report on the discharge record and the seawater monitoring results at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station during May, which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent to all international Missions in Japan. The report contains information on discharges from the subdrain and …