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Japan court to decide on nuclear plant, crucial to atomic future

2015-04-14 04:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A Japanese court on Tuesday issued an injunction to prevent the restart of two reactors citing safety concerns, in a blow to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to return to atomic energy four years after the Fukushima crisis. It is the second court ruling in less than a year against reactors operated by Kansai Electric Power, the country's most nuclear-reliant utility before Fukushima. The ruling is a snub to Japan's beefed up nuclear safety after Fukushima and threatens to set back government plans...

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Japan denies reactor restart for Takahama nuclear power plant

2015-04-14 01:00:00| Power Technology

Kansai Electric Power has been denied permission to restart two of its nuclear reactors at the Takahama nuclear power station, citing safety reasons.

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After 4 Years, Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup in Japan Remains Daunting, Vast

2015-03-13 14:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Neon pink and yellow banners flutter along the roadsides, their gentle flapping breaking an eerie stillness. The houses here are shut tight, the streets are nearly deserted, the fields that once sprouted rice, tomatoes and cucumbers are fallow. Shigeo Karimata dons a hard hat and a mask and prepares to get out of his car. "Some people say, 'Oh, it looks like a festival!`" says the avuncular 62-year-old Environment Ministry worker. "Then they see the writing on the flags: 'Decontamination Work...

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Sendai nuclear plant in Japan likely to restart operations by June

2015-02-09 01:00:00| Power Technology

Two nuclear reactors at the Sendai nuclear power station in Japan are likely to start operations by June 2015 after it receives regulatory approvals.

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Japan edges back towards nuclear power with vote to restart reactors

2014-10-28 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Japan has moved closer to a return to nuclear power, more than three years after the Fukushima disaster, after a town in the countrys south-west voted to approve two reactors coming back online. Nineteen of 26 assembly members in Satsumasendai, located 600 miles south-west of Tokyo, voted in favour of restarting the Sendai nuclear power plant. Four voted against and three abstained. The vote does not mean the reactors, the first to win approval to restart since the introduction of stringent...

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