Tag Archives: Kyushu Electric

High court nixes call to halt nuclear reactors in southwestern Japan via Japan Today

Posted on 2019/07/11 by nfield

FUKUOKA The Fukuoka High Court upheld Wednesday a lower court decision to reject a call by local residents to suspend operation of nuclear reactors in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga. Some 170 residents had appealed the Saga District Court … Continue reading →

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Steam leak prompts power generation to halt at Japan nuclear plant　via The Mainichi

Posted on 2018/04/01 by nfield

FUKUOKA (Kyodo) — Kyushu Electric Power Co. stopped generating and supplying electricity at its nuclear reactor in southwestern Japan on Saturday after detecting a steam leak the previous day.   The utility said there has been no radiation leak and … Continue reading →

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Kyushu Electric assures public that nuclear plant is safe via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/04/29 by norma field

Kyushu Electric Power Co. brushed aside safety concerns expressed in thousands of phone calls and e-mails, saying its Sendai nuclear plant in Kagoshima Prefecture faces no danger from the quakes rattling the southern main island. The Nuclear Regulation Authority also … Continue reading →

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Genkai mayor asks Kyushu Electric to pay tax on spent nuclear fuel　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2016/01/08 by norma field

GENKAI, Saga Prefecture–Kyushu Electric Power Co. indicated it was willing to pay a new tax on spent nuclear fuel stored at its Genkai nuclear plant to help the town recover lost revenue from reactor shutdowns. Genkai Mayor Hideo Kishimoto on … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 2015/12/23 by norma field

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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Radiation levels to rise five-fold at newly active Sendai plant via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/08/12 by norma field

Radiation levels for workers at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai nuclear power station are expected to rise five-fold now that the plant’s No. 1 reactor has been restarted. Documents compiled by the Nuclear Regulation Authority show the average annual radiation … Continue reading →

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Kyushu Electric to load nuclear fuel into Sendai plant reactor ahead of restart via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/07/05 by norma field

Kyushu Electric Power Co. will begin loading nuclear fuel into a reactor at the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture on July 7 ahead of its planned restart in August. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the plant operator the … Continue reading →

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Nuclear motive suspected in feed-in tariff reforms　via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/01/02 by norma field

By Eric Johnston Recent revisions to the feed-in tariff system have been welcomed by utilities as much-needed government intervention that will ensure safe and stable supply of all forms of electricity by helping to prevent renewable energy from overloading the … Continue reading →

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Kyushu Electric spends 10 billion yen a year to maintain idle nuclear reactors via The Mainichi

Posted on 2013/06/11 by norma field

Kyushu Electric Power Co. is continuing to spend around 10 billion yen a year to maintain the idle No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, it has been learned, even as a … Continue reading →

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Radioactive water leaks at Genkai via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2011/12/11 by norma field

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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