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• Building a Building

  One of the issues in getting the nuclear renaissance rolling – but one that is particularly responsive to capitalist imperatives – is the manufacturing of pieces that make up a plant. After all, it’s been a long time since an American nuclear plant has been built and a lot of the action moved overseas - to France and Japan, in particular. But it’s not as though America doesn’t have a work force with... Posted Nov 06 2009, 04:54 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, France, Nuclear, America, plans, manufacturing, building

• Thoughts and Criticisms of Secretary Clinton's Comments in Japan on Nuclear Energy

  Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech to students at the University of Tokyo. Jason Ribeiro over at Pro Nuclear Democrats took a look at her speech and had quite a few excellent thoughts and criticisms about her comments on nuclear energy . Read More... Posted Feb 20 2009, 12:25 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Politics and Nuclear Power, Japan, Nuclear Energy, opinion

• Japan's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant to Restart a Reactor

  From Power Engineering International : The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency of Japan has decided to approve Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (TEPCO) plan to reactivate one of its seven nuclear power reactors at its plant in Niigata Prefecture, which has been shut down since a devastating earthquake in July 2007. The No. 7 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant of the electricity utility... Posted Feb 10 2009, 10:50 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: TEPCO, Japan, start up

• Japan and France: Nuclear Energy Points the Way

  Back in 1959, director Alain Resnais released a film that has since become a classic. Called Hiroshima Mon Amour, it posited a love affair between a Japanese engineer and a French actress. As the title suggests, the relationship founders on the issue of a defining moment of modern history both western and eastern. No debates, please, and the film is a masterpiece that chokes off debate anyway. In the... Posted Apr 11 2008, 03:56 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, France

• IAEA Team: Japan Reactor Damage "Appears less than expected."

  from Bloomberg : Damage to a nuclear power station run by Tokyo Electric Power Co. from a July 16 earthquake ``appears less than expected,'' the International Atomic Energy Agency said after a three-day examination. A team of inspectors ``has concluded that plant safety features performed as required during the earthquake,'' the IAEA, as the United Nations nuclear watchdog is known... Posted Aug 15 2007, 02:44 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, TEPCO, Japan

• Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant May Need Year for Repairs

  From the Australian Broadcasting Company : The head of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has indicated that it could be a year before a Niigata Prefecture nuclear power plant, damaged by the July 16 earthquake, can resume operations. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo after a four-day inspection of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station, Philippe Jamet, director of the... Posted Aug 10 2007, 09:18 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

• Another Perspective on Nuclear Energy and the Japan Quake

  Our friend NNadir weighs in once again . Read More... Posted Jul 30 2007, 11:45 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

• IAEA Team to Japan

  Details from Reuters . Read More... Posted Jul 24 2007, 10:13 AM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: IAEA, Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

• The Japan Quake, Nuclear Energy and the Daily Kos

  As you might imagine, I've been monitoring a lot of stories from around the Web about the situation in Japan. And as you might surmise, while an incident like this is always a cause for concern, it's not a cause for hysteria -- unless of course we're talking about the usual suspects. One of the more egregious examples out there right now has to be this diary over at Daily Kos that mixes... Posted Jul 18 2007, 03:58 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan

• Getting The Facts Right on The Events in Japan

  As you might imagine, I've spent a lot of time over the past few days monitoring news coming out of Japan about the earthquake and its effects on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant. Like a lot of folks, I use the Drudge Report to point me to breaking news sources -- which is why I sat up straight when I saw the following headline: 'REACTOR ISN'T IN GOOD SHAPE': Company Says Radioactive... Posted Jul 18 2007, 12:33 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan

• More on the Japan Quake and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant

  The following report comes from our friends at NucNet : There was no environmental impact as a result of yesterday’s automatic shut-down of three units at Japan’s Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant following an earthquake. The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (JAIF) today confirmed for NucNet that units 3, 4 and 7 of the plant, in Niigata prefecture in the west of the country, shut down safely. The... Posted Jul 17 2007, 01:35 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa

• The Japan Quake and the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant

  By now, most of you have already heard about the earthquake that struck parts of Japan overnight , an event that killed 8 and injured 900. As the result of the quake, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant experienced two separate incidents: Four of the seven nuclear reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station, the world's largest nuclear power plant in terms... Posted Jul 16 2007, 02:16 PM by NEI Nuclear Notes Filed under: Japan, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa