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NUCLEAR ENERGY 2

EDITORIALS
Aug 3, 2017
Finding sites to bury high-level radioactive waste
The government must be much more transparent in how it goes about finding a permanent storage site for highly radioactive nuclear waste.
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 27, 2017
Russia unrivaled in nuclear power plant exports
Having gained a near monopoly in exporting nuclear power equipment, Russia is also expanding its diplomatic clout in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jul 15, 2017
A decade after Niigata's nuclear close call
On July 16, 2007, a 6.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the world's largest nuclear power complex at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa — a site that the government and Tepco had insisted was seismically safe.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 28, 2017
Global warming and nuclear power
Rather than the evils of global warming, the debate should focus on how to supply the world's energy needs without polluting the atmosphere.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 23, 2017
New Tepco chief reaffirms Fukushima commitment, but underscored need for plant restarts
Dealing with the aftermath of nuclear disaster at Fukushima No.1 power plant remains the most important mission for Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., Tomoaki Kobayakawa, Tepco's new president, said Friday, but he also stressed the need to restart nuclear plants for the sake of continuing the...
EDITORIALS
Jun 18, 2017
Another radiation exposure accident
A radiation exposure accident in Oarai, Ibaraki, highlights once again the lack of safety consciousness on the part of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency and its predecessor.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 18, 2017
With eye to grabbing slice of market, China focuses on developing small nuclear reactors
China is betting on new, small-scale nuclear reactor designs that could be used in isolated regions, on ships and even aircraft as part of an ambitious plan to wrest control of the global nuclear market.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jun 14, 2017
Radiation, risk and robots: Ripping out a reactor's heart
As head of the Muelheim-Kaerlich nuclear reactor, Thomas Volmar spends his days plotting how to tear down his workplace. The best way to do that, he says, is to cut out humans.
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2017
Kepco restarts second Takahama reactor as Greenpeace warns of French MOX fuel shipment
Kansai Electric Power Co. restarted its Takahama No. 3 reactor Tuesday afternoon, bringing to five the number of nuclear reactors nationwide that have come back online since the March 11, 2011, triple meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?