Tag Archives: Hamaoka

Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for July 31st – August 2nd, 2012 via Greenpeace

Posted on 2012/08/03 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Here’s the latest of our news bulletins from the ongoing crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. State of Nuclear Politics in Japan Over 70% of 1,253 people who attended eight town hall meetings say that nuclear power should … Continue reading →

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Shizuoka pressed on Hamaoka　via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/07/25 by norma field

SHIZUOKA — A civic group submitted signatures Monday to local electoral committees demanding that the Shizuoka Prefectural Government hold a referendum to determine whether the idled Hamaoka nuclear power station should be allowed to resume operations. The group said it … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Watch: Lawmakers Rank the Safety of Japan’s 50 Reactors via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/06/29 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

In a country as small, crowded and earthquake-prone as Japan, vetting nuclear reactors for safety is key — as the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi showed. Japan is the only economy, besides Taiwan, that has so many nuclear plants … Continue reading →

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Utility unable to unload damaged Hamaoka fuel rod for 17 years via The Japan Times online

Posted on 2011/07/28 by norma field

SHIZUOKA — Chubu Electric Power Co. revealed Thursday it has been unable to remove a spent fuel rod that was damaged in an accident 17 years ago from its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture. Spent fuel is normally … Continue reading →

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Hamaoka to get seawalls of 18 meters ¥100 billion plan to make nuclear plant safe from huge tsunami via The Japan Times

Posted on 2011/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Kyodo NAGOYA — Chubu Electric Power Co. said Friday it will build seawalls as high as 18 meters at its Hamaoka nuclear plant to protect the facility from tsunami. Chubu Electric will spend ¥100 billion in total to build the … Continue reading →

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Suit seeks to shut Hamaoka reactors for good 　via The Japan Times online

Posted on 2011/07/03 by norma field

SHIZUOKA — A group of residents and a mayor in Shizuoka Prefecture filed a lawsuit Friday seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant for safety reasons. The reactors were ordered taken offline by the Naoto … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Disaster That Could Destroy Japan – On the danger of a killer earthquake in the Japanese Archipelago via Japan Focus

Posted on 2011/05/27 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Hirose Takashi Translated and with an introduction by C. Douglas Lummis Translator’s note (Nuclear) Power Corrupts A puzzle for our time: how is it possible for a person to be smart enough to make plutonium, and dumb enough actually to … Continue reading →

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“Hamaoka nuclear plant successfully closed” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/19 by Masaki C.

SHIZUOKA — The Hamaoka nuclear plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, was completely shut down Saturday following an unprecedented request by the government due to fears of a large earthquake hitting the area. Chubu Electric Power Co. said it hopes to … Continue reading →

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“Cold shutdown of Hamaoka due this week” via the Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/05/16 by Masaki C.

Nagoya — Chubu Electric Power Co. was set to begin work Thursday to halt the Hamaoka nuclear power plant’s No. 4 reactor, sources said Wednesday. Power generation at the reactor in Shizuoka Prefecture is expected to stop seven to eight … Continue reading →

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“Japan anti-nuclear protesters rally after PM call to close plant” via Reuters

Posted on 2011/05/09 by Masaki C.

(Reuters) – Several thousand Japanese anti-nuclear protesters marched in the rain on Saturday, welcoming a call from the prime minister to shut down a plant in central Japan and urging him to close more to avoid another nuclear crisis. The … Continue reading →

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