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NUCLEAR ENERGY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2016
Anti-nuclear activists' METI camp razed in darkness after years battling over Fukushima
Government dismantles campaigners' camp after nearly five years at industry ministry site.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2016
Kagoshima governor inspects evacuation routes around Sendai nuclear plant
Kagoshima's recently elected anti-nuclear governor said Friday the prefectural government will review evacuation plans for residents near the Sendai power plant in Satsumasendai.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2016
Seoul, Washington slam North Korea's plutonium claims
North Korea's claim that it has restarted production of plutonium was met with indignation from South Korea and a rebuke from Washington.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2016
May sends Xi letter as U.K.-China ties hang on nuclear plant
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May has written to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang to express her desire to enhance trade and strategic ties, her nation's new Asia envoy said.
WORLD
Aug 15, 2016
U.S. mulls long-term, bomb-grade uranium exports to Belgium
The U.S. nuclear regulator is considering long-term shipments of weapons-grade uranium to a medical research reactor in security-challenged Belgium, something critics say would set back global anti-proliferation efforts.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2016
Ikata nuclear plant's No. 3 reactor begins generating power
The Ikata nuclear plant began generating electricity Monday, ahead of its planned reconnection to the grid on Sept. 7, operator Shikoku Electric Power Co. said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2016
Shikoku MOX plant restarts amid outcry over fresh quake fears
Shikoku Electric restarts the Ikata No. 3 reactor on the narrow Sadamisaki Peninsula as protesters seek court injunctions over safety fears renewed by the quakes in Kyushu.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2016
China suspends work on $15 billion nuclear waste processing plant following protests
The city of Lianyungang in east China has suspended preliminary work on a nuclear waste processing plant following days of protests, it said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2016
Far-reaching quakes put Ehime's atomic evacuation plans in doubt
When two earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 and 7.3 struck Kumamoto Prefecture in April, the shock was felt not only in Kumamoto but also about 170 km away, in the small town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, home to a nuclear power plant.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 1, 2016
Amid Britain nuclear debacle, Chinese state media decries 'suspicion'
China will not tolerate "unwanted accusations" about its investments in Britain, a country that cannot risk driving away other Chinese investors as it looks for post-Brexit trade deals, China's official Xinhua News Agency said Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2016
Security concerns prompt May to delay nuclear plant deal reached with China under Cameron
Prime Minister Theresa May was concerned about the security implications of a planned Chinese investment in the new Hinkley Point nuclear plant and intervened personally to delay the project, a former colleague and a source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2016
New Kagoshima governor to seek suspension of Sendai reactors
Newly elected Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono said Thursday he will seek a temporary halt on active nuclear reactors in the prefecture, currently the only ones working nationwide.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Jul 17, 2016
Retailer hopes to lift returning firms in Namie by tapping pipeline to Qvevri-made Georgian wine
Matsubaya, a retail and wholesale firm from the town of Namie near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, is trying to revitalize businesses that were based in the district, using Georgian wine.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 14, 2016
Kansai Electric files appeal against ruling on Takahama reactors
Kansai Electric Power Co. on Thursday appealed against a district court ruling that upheld an injunction on the operation of two reactors at its Takahama nuclear power plant.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2016
Sun no longer shines on Japan's solar boom as subsidies wane
Japan's solar boom is beginning to falter.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2016
Kagoshima's new governor vows to halt Sendai nuclear plant for safety checks
Incoming Kagoshima Gov. Satoshi Mitazono says he plans to ask Kyushu Electric Power Co. to suspend operation of the Sendai nuclear power plant for safety checks.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2016
Court rules a third time against Takahama reactors
The Otsu District Court decides that Kansai Electric Power Co. must keep its Takahama No. 3 and 4 reactors in Fukui Prefecture shut down indefinitely.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 27, 2016
Court denies injunction against MOX fuel use in Saga reactor
The Fukuoka High Court upholds a lower court's decision to allow the use of fuel containing plutonium in a currently idled reactor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / KANSAI PERSPECTIVE
Jun 26, 2016
Atomic safety and shinkansen issues complicate Upper House equation for Kansai voters
Nuclear safety, route plans for new shinkansen and maglev lines, and the ruling coalition's economic policies are some of the top local issues on the minds of Kansai voters as they head into the pivotal Upper House election next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2016
NRA gives two-decade extension to 40-year-old Takahama reactors; residents' reactions mixed
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Monday approved an additional 20 years of operation for two aging reactors on the Sea of Japan coast that will become the first such units to be rebooted under new rules introduced after the Fukushima disaster.

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