Tag Archives: Oi

Fukushima Watch: Attack of the Anti-Nuclear Jellyfish via Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/07/18 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

As protests continue in Japan against the restart of reactors at the Oi nuclear plant, the country’s anti-nuclear forces have found an unlikely champion: the jellyfish. It all started around 2:55 p.m. on Sunday July 8, when a large number … Continue reading →

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Alarms go off during unit 4’s restart in Oi via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/07/16 by norma field

TSURUGA, Fukui Pref. — Alarms sounded Sunday evening and early Monday at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, raising doubts about efforts launched Wednesday to restart the second reactor since the Fukushima nuclear crisis erupted in March 2011. … Continue reading →

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Barriers Fail to Stop Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Demonstrators via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/07/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Police cordons and closed subway exits didn’t stop Japanese protesters from carrying on a nearly four-month tradition of holding Friday-night anti-nuclear demonstrations in front of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s residence in Tokyo. Protesters shout slogans during an antinuclear rally near … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear protesters put heat on Noda via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2012/07/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Fifteen weeks ago, there were only 300 of them. On July 13, according to police estimates, there were 10,000 people in Tokyo’s streets with a single, simple message for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda: “Saikado Hantai” (We oppose restarts). The organizers … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Watch: No Reactors, Fewer Jobs? via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/07/14 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Japan may have fired up its first nuclear reactor since the Fukushima Daiichi accident, but the debate over the restarts rumbles on. While safety issues and potential power shortages have dominated the debate so far, another less-discussed issue is the … Continue reading →

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Japan reactivates nuclear reactors and mass protests via Examiner.com

Posted on 2012/07/08 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

There were no recognizable faces from previous actions since last year from Japanese New Yorkers and their friends against nukes but Akihiro Yamamoto, a New York bassist and composer, rallied people from the Japanese community in NYC to Union Square … Continue reading →

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Sakamoto gently rallies the troops for No Nukes 2012 via The Japan Times

Posted on 2012/07/05 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The demonstrations against the restarting of the Oi nuclear power plant held recently on Friday nights outside Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s residence are very much directed at the occupant of that abode, but they are attracting attention around the world, … Continue reading →

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Japan utility repairing reactors near Fukushima via USA Today (AP)

Posted on 2012/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

TOKYO (AP) — The operator of Japan’s tsunami-ravaged nuclear plant says it is repairing four reactors at a less-damaged nearby plant despite demands from local residents that it be scrapped. Community leaders have demanded that Tokyo Electric Power Co. decommission … Continue reading →

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The Nuclear Industry and Venting, Round 2 via The New York Times

Posted on 2012/07/03 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

The debate over making post-Fukushima Daichi improvements to American reactors is getting down into the details, and one focus is pressure relief vents. The idea behind venting a nuclear plant is that if a reactor overheats, chemical reactions will produce … Continue reading →

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Japan Restarts First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Crisis via Time

Posted on 2012/07/02 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

This weekend, Japan re-entered the nuclear age. A reactor at the Ohi nuclear power plant was reactivated on Sunday, the first power plant to go back online since the nation closed all its reactors in the wake of the Fukushima … Continue reading →

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