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Chubu to sue Hitachi for replacement fuel costs

Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co will file a lawsuit against Hitachi, seeking compensation for fuel costs after problems with a Hitachi-made turbine forced the shutdown of its Hamaoka 5 nuclear power reactor.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-10-2008
Reactors operating normally after Iwate earthquake

Three nuclear power plants are operating normally after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in the prefecture of Iwate, northern Japan. The Onagawa and Higashidori nuclear plants were unaffected by the quake, according to an official from the Tohoku Electric Power Co. At the Fukushima Daini plant, operated by...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-14-2008
Japan offers Vietnam help to launch nuclear power

Vietnam and Japan have agreed to cooperate on the use of nuclear energy. The announcement came as international nuclear companies plug their products and services at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-15-2008
Japan and Kazakhstan to strengthen cooperation

[Reuters, 5 May] Japan and Kazakhstan have agreed to increase cooperation in uranium mining and nuclear energy. Kanae Yamamoto, Japan's parliamentary secretary for economy, trade and industry, speaking to reporters during a visit to the Kazakh capital Astana, said: "We have signed a memorandum...

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-06-2008
Japan to boost nuclear new builds

The skyrocketing costs of imported oil and growing fears of global warming are driving Japan to step up construction of new nuclear power plants and related facilities. The policy direction for the new urgency comes right from the top. Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said in late...

Posted to Idaho Samizdat: Nuke Notes (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-04-2008
Areva to supply MOX fuel for Takahama units

Areva of France has signed a contract for the supply 16 mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies for use in units 3 and 4 of Kansai's Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan. The fuel assemblies will be produced at Areva's Melox facility.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-28-2008
Japan 2007 carbon credit figures released

The Japanese government signed contracts for emissions credits covering 16.66 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in fiscal 2007 and could double that in 2008 – but the private sector may need to buy still more to make up for lost nuclear output.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-22-2008
Nuclear to get 'special attention' at G8

Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda has said he will take leadership and give special attention to nuclear power when he chairs G8 talks in July this year.

Posted to World Nuclear News (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-21-2008
Summer 2007 earthquake in Japan threatens the viability of an LNG operation in Louisiana

One aspect of the energy industry that fascinates me is the interdependent nature of the business and the way that one can trace how certain major events have consequences half a world away. Last July, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear complex in Japan was shaken by a large earthquake. So far, all visual...

Posted to Atomic Insights (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-20-2008
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...

Posted to Nuclear Energy Institute (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-11-2008

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