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Kyushu Electric submits plan to decommission 40-year-old Genkai reactor via Asahi Shimbun

Kyushu Electric Power Co. on Dec. 22 sought approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority to start the 28-year process of decommissioning an aging reactor at its Genkai plant in Saga Prefecture. It is the first reactor-decommissioning plan submitted to Japan’s … Continue reading

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Case dropped against antinuke actor Yamamoto via The Japan Times Online

SAGA — Citing insufficient evidence, prosecutors have dropped their case against actor Taro Yamamoto and other antinuclear protesters accused of trespassing and interfering with the duties of the Saga Prefectural Government when they delivered a petition against reactor restarts in … Continue reading

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Radioactive water leaks at Genkai via The Japan Times Online

Mayor irate as utility fails to reveal glitch at suspended reactor SAGA — Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Saturday that 1.8 tons of radioactive water leaked in the purification system of an idled reactor at the Genkai power plant in … Continue reading

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Kyushu Electric Restarts First Reactor Since Fukushima Nuclear Calamity via Bloomberg

Kyushu Electric Power Co. started a reactor at one of its nuclear plants, the first unit to come online since the Fukushima crisis eight months ago, the worst atomic catastrophe since Chernobyl in 1986. Kyushu Electric started the 1,180-megawatt No. … Continue reading

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Kyushu Electric Plans to Restart Reactor After Repairing Fault via Bloomberg Businessweek

By Tsuyoshi Inajima Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) — Kyushu Electric Power Co. said it plans to restart a reactor at its Genkai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan that was shut due to a malfunction in early October. Should the reactor be … Continue reading

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Cooling Problem Shuts Nuclear Reactor in Japan via The New York Times

TOKYO — In a fresh blow to public confidence, a reactor in southern Japan went into automatic shutdown on Tuesday because of problems with its cooling system, clouding the outlook for an imminent restart of the country’s idled nuclear plants. … Continue reading

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Genkai reactor may have faulty vessel via The Japan Times

Study says aging No. 1 unit should be suspended Kyodo SAGA — A nuclear reactor that began operations 36 years ago at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai plant may have a faulty pressure vessel, an analysis by researchers showed Saturday. … Continue reading

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Enough with nuclear deception via The Japan Times online

Kyushu Electric Power Co. last Wednesday admitted there was an orchestrated effort to send a broadcaster a large number of emails in support of restarting the Nos. 2 and 3 reactors of its Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture. … Continue reading

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Safety of Genkai nuclear plant via The Japan Times online

The Nos. 2 and 3 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, may be restarted this summer. After meeting with trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda, who visited the prefecture last … Continue reading

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