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Japan restarts second nuclear reactor despite public opposition　via The Guardian

Posted on 2015/10/15 by norma field

Japan on Thursday restarted a second nuclear reactor after a shutdown triggered by the 2011 Fukushima crisis, as the government pushes to return to a cheaper energy source despite widespread public opposition. Utility Kyushu Electric Power said it restarted the … Continue reading →

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Former PM Naoto Kan says nuclear power makes little economic sense, must end via The Japan Times

Posted on 2015/09/16 by norma field

[…] “I’m absolutely sure that there will no longer be nuclear power by the end of this century. This is because it doesn’t make sense economically, and enough energy can be provided without it,” Kan said in a lecture to … Continue reading →

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Japan’s nuclear revival won’t lower carbon emissions enough via Nature

Posted on 2015/08/13 by norma field

The Sendai Nuclear Power Plant on the island of Kyushu broke a four-year lull on 11 August when it switched one of its reactors back on. The restart is the first since Japan’s nuclear-power industry ground to a halt two … 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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Move to switch Japan’s nuclear reactors back on divides communities via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Posted on 2014/12/12 by norma field

SABRA LANE, PRESENTER: Four years on from one of the world’s nuclear disasters, the meltdown at Fukushima, Japan is on the verge of a historic move to switch its mothballed nuclear reactors back on. The move is deeply controversial, as … Continue reading →

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Bad precedent for nuclear restarts via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/11/12 by norma field

Located in an area with a history of volcanic activity, the Sendai plant is viewed as being vulnerable to future possible eruptions. Kyushu Electric says that if an imminent eruption is predicted, it will take the nuclear fuel out of … Continue reading →

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Japan nuclear reactors near active volcano called unsafe via The Stars and Stripes

Posted on 2014/10/18 by norma field

TOKYO — A prominent volcanologist disputed Japanese regulators’ conclusion that two nuclear reactors were safe from a volcanic eruption in the next few decades, saying Friday that such a prediction was impossible. A cauldron eruption at one of several volcanos … Continue reading →

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Tohoku Electric Power kicks up a stink about art display at publicity hall via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/10/14 by norma field

SENDAI–A solitary bulging black sandbag, a sprinkling of dirt on a solar panel and a dosimeter: As art installations go, the work on display at a venue here smacked more of a statement than anything else. And it got the … Continue reading →

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Sendai nuclear plant gets first restart OK via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/07/16 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

Bringing Japan a step closer to restarting suspended nuclear power operations, reactors 1 and 2 at the Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture on Wednesday became the first to meet strict new safety standards imposed after the March 2011 Fukushima disaster. … Continue reading →

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Sendai nuclear plant set to restart without off-site emergency center via Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2014/07/07 by norma field

The Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture could restart two reactors in autumn without a crucial emergency facility in place to deal with a possible nuclear accident and evacuations of host communities. The Sendai plant, operated by Kyushu Electric … Continue reading →

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