Tag Archives: Rokkasho

Utilities balk at safer storage of spent nuclear fuel to avoid ‘wasted investment’ via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/01/04 by norma field

Power companies have resisted government calls to construct safer storage facilities for spent nuclear fuel and are instead waiting for a fuel reprocessing plant to finally start running after nearly two decades of delays. The utilities say that building dry … Continue reading →

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2,000 bombs a year? Japan’s plan to reopen nuclear reprocessing plant stirs concern via RT

Posted on 2014/07/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Reactivating a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant could provide Japan with enough plutonium to produce up to 2,000 atomic bombs a year, a US expert has warned. The “reckless” move could destabilize the region, as Japan’s neighbors rush to compete. Henry … Continue reading →

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U.S. alarmed about plutonium stockpile growing from Rokkasho plant via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/04/14 by norma field

The U.S. government has expressed “grave concern” to Japanese officials over Tokyo’s spent nuclear fuel reprocessing program as it increases Japan’s stockpile of plutonium and the risk of proliferation, according to a joint investigation by The Asahi Shimbun and the … Continue reading →

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Japan Pushes Plan to Stockpile Plutonium, Despite Proliferation Risks via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/04/11 by norma field

OKYO — Just weeks after Japan agreed to give up a cache of weapons-grade plutonium, the country is set to push ahead with a program that would produce new stockpiles of the material, creating a proliferation risk for decades to … Continue reading →

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Safety screening sought for nuclear fuel plant via The Japan News

Posted on 2014/01/07 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. on Tuesday filed for regulatory safety screening of its spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. The company aims to complete the plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, in October, expecting that tests by the Nuclear … Continue reading →

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Next Sunday (Nov 24) “Narrating the Nuclear” roundtable at AAA in Chicago

Posted on 2013/11/16 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

If you are in the Chicago area, or if you are coming to the Chicago area for the next weekend, please attend! Date & Schedule November 24 Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive … Continue reading →

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Experts urge Japan to break away from ‘failed’ nuclear reprocessing program via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/08/29 by norma field

In a proposal submitted to The Asahi Shimbun, researchers at an international group of nuclear experts outlined steps they say Japan must take to break away from its “failed” nuclear fuel recycling policy. Masafumi Takubo and Frank von Hippel of … Continue reading →

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AAA 2013 Roundtable, Narrating the Nuclear: Anthropologists and Others Engage with the Atomic Era

Posted on 2013/07/04 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

November 24 Hilton Hotel, Downtown Chicago, Grand Ballroom Part I “Nuclear Weaponry”: 8:00am-9:45am, As part of AAA Executive Program Committee (executive session) Part II: “Nuclear Energy”: 10:15am-12:00pm, As part of Society for East Asian Anthropology (invited session) Organizers: Mark Auslander(Central … Continue reading →

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Monju reactor faces long-term suspension over lax safety system via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2013/05/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Japan’s nuclear watchdog will indefinitely suspend the use of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor over the operator’s disregard for safety that continued even after the Fukushima nuclear crisis raised concerns across the nation. The Nuclear Regulation Authority’s order will deal … Continue reading →

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Filmmaker focuses on lives near nuke sites via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/02/12 by norma field

A documentary that recently began screening chronicles the experiences of Japanese communities hosting nuclear facilities and the high price paid by some of them because of the March 2011 Fukushima meltdown disaster, including farmers and fishermen unable to market their … Continue reading →

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