Tag Archives: Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA)

Fukushima fishermen blast TEPCO over failure to disclose radioactive water flow via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/02/26 by norma field

Fukushima fishermen appear to have finally run out of patience with Tokyo Electric Power Co. They lambasted TEPCO at a meeting on Feb. 25 over the utility’s failure for half a year to disclose the flow into the ocean of … Continue reading →

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Study: Fukushima health risks underestimated via Al Jazeera

Posted on 2014/11/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Heinz Smitai, a nuclear physicist, Greenpeace campaigner and participant in the radiation monitoring mission, told foreign journalists at an October 30 press conference in Tokyo that radiation hot spots exist as far as 60 kilometres from the site of … Continue reading →

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Japan pitches nuclear restart in tightly controlled townhalls via Reuters

Posted on 2014/10/10 by yukimiyamotodepaul

(Reuters) – As part of a plan to restart its nuclear industry, Japan on Thursday began a controversial consultation process with local residents near idled reactors that was criticized for failing to give everyone in the region a say. More … Continue reading →

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Tohoku Electric seeks reactor restart; praise, anger expressed over NRA changes via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/06/12 by norma field

Tohoku Electric Power Co. on June 10 applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority for safety screenings to restart a reactor that might lie directly above an active fault. The application for the Higashidori nuclear power plant in Aomori Prefecture was … Continue reading →

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Gov’t presents candidates for nuclear regulatory body commissioners via Global Post

Posted on 2014/05/27 by norma field

The government on Tuesday presented to the parliament two professors as candidates to replace incumbent commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority whose terms will end in September. If approved by the Diet, Satoru Tanaka, a University of Tokyo professor seen … Continue reading →

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Outcome of battle against radioactive water at Fukushima plant in doubt via The Mainichi

Posted on 2014/05/19 by norma field

We are facing a problem so large it’s impossible to see all its dimensions. Eventually, we’ll be able to grasp what’s happening, but for now, no. The radioactively contaminated water at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant is but one, … Continue reading →

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Fukushima spill snags reactor restart quest via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/29 by norma field

Hosts appear split despite nation’s inability to quickly solve water crisis BY ERIC JOHNSTON OSAKA – The Fukushima No. 1 power plant’s continued pollution of the Pacific is fueling growing domestic and international concern about radiation hazards, clouding plans by … Continue reading →

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Tepco radioactive flow raises alarm over seafood safety via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

okyo Electric Power Co.’s revelation that massive amounts of radioactive water are flowing into the Pacific further raised fears about the harm to marine life. Tepco estimated that between May 2011 and this month, a staggering 40 trillion becquerels of … Continue reading →

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UPDATE 1-Fukushima inspectors “careless”, Japan agency says, as nuclear crisis grows via Reuters

Posted on 2013/08/23 by norma field

Aug 23 (Reuters) – The operator of Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant was careless in monitoring tanks storing dangerously radioactive water, the nuclear regulator said on Friday, the latest development in a crisis no one seems to know how to … Continue reading →

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Japan Regulators May Deny Active Fault under Oi N-Plant via Jiji Press

Posted on 2013/08/21 by norma field

Tokyo, Aug. 19 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority may accept Kansai Electric Power Co.’s view that the so-called F-6 crush zone under its Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture is not an active fault, a senior NRA official suggested on … Continue reading →

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