Tag Archives: Kepco

Former Kansai Electric Power executive reveals 18 years of secret payments to prime ministers via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A former top official at Kansai Electric Power Co. has come forward to reveal a nearly 20-year history of doling out “top secret” huge donations to Japanese prime ministers, funded on the backs of ratepayers. Chimori Naito, 91, a former … Continue reading →

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Japan to experience nuclear-free summer via The Asahi

Posted on 2014/06/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] In the absence of nuclear power generation, utilities have increased thermal power generation while the government has called on the public to conserve energy during the peak summer period. According to government calculations, Kansai Electric’s average reserve rate–the margin … Continue reading →

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OPINION: Reflect on Fukui nuclear ruling via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/05/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] The ruling dismissed a similar argument by Kepco in court, noting that it is legally irrelevant to discuss people’s fundamental rights to life on the same level as the question of rising costs of generating electricity. It went on … Continue reading →

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Work to start on third and fourth Barakah units via World Nuclear News

Posted on 2014/02/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Permission has been granted for civil works to start on the next two reactors of the UAE’s nuclear power program. Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (Enec) is allowed to work on the “formwork, rebar, embedded anchor bolts, electrical conduits, steel plates … Continue reading →

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Japan switches off last nuclear reactor via Aljazeera America

Posted on 2013/09/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The move leaves Japan reliant on pricey fossil fuels to fill the gap left by the shutdown of all its atomic plants Japan has started the process of switching off its last working nuclear reactor for a scheduled inspection with … Continue reading →

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Kepco’s MOX load to arrive June 27 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/06/17 by norma field

OSAKA – Two ships carrying uranium-plutonium oxide fuel for the Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, will arrive on June 27 — the first batch of MOX to be sent to Japan since the Fukushima disaster in March 2011. … Continue reading →

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State [Kenya] sends 11 to Korea for training on Nuclear power via Standard Digital News

Posted on 2013/05/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

NAIROBI, KENYA: A team of nuclear scientists have been dispatched to Korea for capacity building in an attempt to increase power generation from alternative sources. Kenya is looking into Nuclear Energy sources to boost its electricity generation capacity to over … Continue reading →

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Nearly 100 employees of utilities serve on local assemblies via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/11/26 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Nearly 100 employees of utilities with nuclear power plants are serving on local assemblies, with 91 of them receiving salaries both from the power companies and local governments, The Asahi Shimbun has learned. Many of these assembly members work in … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Power Protests Find Wide Support in Japan via The Daily Beast

Posted on 2012/08/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A broad coalition of protesters opposes the re-opening of nuclear power plants in Japan, a country unaccustomed to social protest, writes Jake Adelstein and Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky. The loosely structured network of groups opposed to nuclear energy in Japan known as … Continue reading →

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Official Kansai’s reactor nod puzzles via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/06/06 by norma field

OSAKA — More than a week after the seven-prefecture and two-city Union of Kansai Governments reversed months of tough opposition to the restart of two nuclear reactors, the decision is still causing controversy among area residents who want to know … Continue reading →

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