May 2015

Spent fuel at the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture could exceed the capacity of storage pools some two years after the plant is restarted — much sooner than the previously assumed eight years, according to sources. nuclear-news.net

             I recently saw a list of problems facing the nuclear industry on nuclear-news.net. Since I have been blogging lately about problems with major nuclear companies in different countries, I decided that I would comment on the items in their list.

A nuclear plant in southern Japan on Wednesday obtained the final permit needed to restart its reactors, paving the way for it to become the first to go back online under new safety standards introduced afte

        My last three posts were about the Russian state owned nuclear technology company Rosatom and their issues with participation in the nuclear technology market.

Japan nuclear engineer says that US reactor was at risk of ‘supercriticality’ during recent emergency. enenews.com

Risk

The Japanese government will select potential areas to host nuclear dump sites instead of waiting for communities to volunteer, according to the revised policy on permanent disposal of high-level radioactive waste that was adopted by the Cabinet on Friday.