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The Japan Times
April 1, 2018
The Ikata reactor is the ninth at six nuclear power plants across Japan to be decommissioned after the 2011 disaster, not including the six at Tokyo Electric ... and additional spending to extend the operation of Oi units 1 and 2, with their unique structures requiring major work, could have expanded the entireÃâà...
The Mainichi
March 26, 2018
The No. 1 to No. 4 reactors (from top to bottom) at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant are seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on March 14, 2018. (Mainichi). The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on March 26 basically approved expert committee conclusions calling for nuclearÃâà...
Vanguard
March 23, 2018
As of Thursday, only four of Japan's 42 functioning reactors were in operation. Nuclear-generated electricity used to account for about 30 per cent of the country's output before the Fukushima meltdown. On March 14, Kansai Electric Power reactivated Reactor III at the Oi Nuclear Power Station on the Sea ofÃâà...
The Japan News
March 15, 2018
Jiji Press OI, Fukui (Jiji Press) — Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted the No. 3 reactor at its Oi nuclear power station in Fukui Prefecture on Wednesday, about 4Ãâý years after the reactor was halted for routine checkups. The Oi reactor was the sixth to go back online under new regulatory standardsÃâà...
The Hankyoreh
March 9, 2018
If South Korea's announcement is correct, then North Korea – which has so far been unwilling to address the nuclear issue in inter-Korean dialogue – is showing a new attitude by saying it has no reason to possess nuclear weapons if the military threat [against it] is ... By Kim Oi-hyun, Beijing correspondent.
The National Law Review
March 6, 2018
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) recently published its Office of Investigations Annual Report FY 2017, which provides an overview of OI's activities during the past fiscal year. Notably, the report reveals that the largest category of OI investigations continues to beÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
February 28, 2018
Since the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) first nuclear test in 2006, the UN Security Council has adopted 10 related resolutions, with the latest banning over 90 per cent of the DPRK's foreign trade, limiting its imports of crude oil to under 4 million barrels a year, and shutting down itsÃâà...
Lexology
February 23, 2018
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) recently published its Office of Investigations Annual Report FY 2017, which provides an overview of OI's activities during the past fiscal year. Notably, the report reveals that the largest category of OI investigations continues to beÃâà...
The Japan Times
December 21, 2017
Issei Nishikawa agreed to the restart of the Oi No. 3 and 4 reactors, which are 26 and 24 years old, in early 2018. In return, he has requested that Kepco build a mid-term storage facility for spent nuclear fuel outside the prefecture. Kepco is expected to announce a candidate site for the facility next year.
Asahi Shimbun
November 27, 2017
FUKUI--Kansai Electric Power Co. has cleared all hurdles toward restarting two reactors at its Oi nuclear power plant early next year after gaining the consent of the prefectural governor here Nov. 27. The utility plans to resume operations of the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors in January and March, respectively.
The Japan Times
October 17, 2017
OSAKA – The operator of the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture is considering scrapping two aging reactors at the complex as it may be too costly to make upgrades required to meet new post-Fukushima safety standards, a source said Tuesday. Kansai Electric Power Co. will make a final decisionÃâà...
The Japan Times
September 29, 2017
FUKUI – The Fukui Prefectural Assembly on Thursday effectively gave the green light to restarting reactors 3 and 4 at the Oi nuclear power plant. By a majority vote, the full assembly adopted an opinion paper that implicitly assumes the reactors will be restarted. The final step in acquiring local consent restsÃâà...
The Hankyoreh
December 31, 1999
Jin Jingyi, a professor at Peking University and an expert on Korean Peninsula affairs, predicted that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's visit to China could lead to a breakthrough that immediately clears up the complicated problems facing North Korea and China, as has often happened in the past. DuringÃâà...
Kyodo News Plus
December 31, 1999
As Japan marked the seventh anniversary Sunday of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered the nuclear disaster, reconstruction efforts have been making progress, but to a varying degree. Residents in disaster-stricken northeastern Japan have rebuilt their lives and infrastructure has beenÃâà...
The Mainichi
December 31, 1999
The No. 1 to No. 4 reactors (from top to bottom) at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant are seen from a Mainichi Shimbun helicopter, in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on March 14, 2018. (Mainichi). FUKUI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted Wednesday a reactor at its Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast,Ãâà...
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