Tag Archives: spent fuel

Japan and nuclear power High alert via The Economist

Posted on 2013/11/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The riskiest part yet of the Fukushima clean-up is soon to begin AMONG the twisted metal and random debris that litter much of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the fourth reactor looks in relatively good condition. A new structure … Continue reading →

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Tepco eyes fuel removal from Fukushima reactor 4 pool in early November via The Japan Times

Posted on 2013/10/23 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The process, to continue until the end of next year, will mark a new stage in the decommissioning of the reactors 1 to 4, which were severely damaged in the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 11, 2011, mega-quake and … 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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Entergy begins transfer of spent fuel at New York nuclear power plant via Power engineering

Posted on 2012/09/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Workers at Entergy (NYSE: ETR)’s two-unit, 2,000 MW Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, N.Y.,  started transferring spent fuel from Unit 3’s spent fuel pool to dry-cask storage on Sept. 16. Entergy said these will be the first spent fuel … Continue reading →

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Coalition aims for nuclear waste safety via The Boston Globe

Posted on 2012/07/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Group targets storage of spent nuclear fuel Plymouth officials have embarked on an effort to unite communities with nuclear reactors across the country into a coalition that will fight for safer storage of nuclear waste at their plants. Selectwoman Belinda … Continue reading →

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Editorial: Japan must earnestly take up issue of spent nuclear fuel disposal via The Mainichi

Posted on 2012/06/26 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

For half a century, Japan has stuck to a “nuclear fuel cycle” policy under which all spent nuclear fuel from the nation’s nuclear power plants was to be reprocessed and used again in nuclear reactors. However, no efforts have been … Continue reading →

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Fate of Japan and the Whole World Depends on No. 4 Reactor via Reader Supported News

Posted on 2012/04/12 by norma field

apan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland, Mr. Mitsuhei Murata, was invited to speak at the Public Hearing of the Budgetary Committee of the House of Councilors on March 22, 2012, on the Fukushima nuclear power plants accident. Before the Committee, Ambassador … Continue reading →

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Japan’s Nightmare Fight Against Radiation in the Wake of the 3.11 Meltdown via Japan Focus

Posted on 2012/04/03 by norma field

—The fight against radiation and contamination has entered a second year and new issues are emerging. First I would like to ask about plans to widely disperse contaminated rubble, which are troubling the nation. As far as radioactivity is concerned, … Continue reading →

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Rosatom to Begin Sending Spent Fuel to Siberia via The Moscow Times

Posted on 2012/01/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Plans to transfer thousands of tons of spent nuclear fuel from Chernobyl-type nuclear reactors to a new storage facility in Siberia in the coming weeks have been attacked by environmentalists. State nuclear monopoly Rosatom announced completion of a new dry-storage … Continue reading →

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It’s 2050: Do you know where your nuclear waste is? via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2011/07/10 by norma field

In light of Japan’s nuclear disaster, a major lesson can be learned related to the back end of the fuel cycle: Planning is necessary for the safe and secure management of spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. But the topic … Continue reading →

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