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- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/operation-begins-to-remove-radioactive-debris-from-unit-2-9-2-2024
Tohoku Electric Power Company announced it has started loading fuel assemblies into the reactor of unit 2 at its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan's northeastern Miyagi Prefecture. The reactor has been offline since November 2010 and will become the 13th Japanese reactor to be restarted.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-loading-begins-ahead-of-Onagawa-2-restart
Brazil's Eletronuclear says the first phase of the second campaign to move used fuel from Angra 2 to its on-site used fuel dry storage facility has been successfully completed, with 480 used fuel elements transferred.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 03 September 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fresh-phase-completed-of-Angra-2-fuel-s-move-into
The Swiss government has said it will seek to lift the country's ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants, which has been in place since 1 January 2018. It said all clean energy sources will be needed to meet expected electricity demand while also meeting climate targets.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 30 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Switzerland-moves-to-remove-ban-on-new-reactors
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he will hold a ministerial meeting next week to discuss measures needed to gain local consent for the restart of reactors at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (Tepco's) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kishida-looks-to-restart-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-units
Germany's Krümmel nuclear power plant has been given the regulatory go-ahead to move from post-operation to decommissioning, with dismantling work scheduled to take about 15 years.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 22 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Germany-s-Krummel-gets-decommissioning-and-dismant
Kristine Madden, president of the International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC), discusses the key challenges and opportunities for young nuclear professionals in the near future.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 10 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-Providing-a-platform-for-young-nuclear-p
Japan has a "robust nuclear security regime", an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded. The latest International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) mission followed a previous mission in 2015 and a follow-up mission in 2018.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 03 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IAEA-mission-assesses-Japan-s-nuclear-security
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have completed the production of a prototype outer vertical target, one of the key components of the divertor to be used in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. MHI said it is now ready for series production.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 02 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japan-set-for-production-of-ITER-outer-vertical-ta
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) looks set to rule that unit 2 of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture does not comply with regulatory safety standards after a review team concluded that seismic activity beneath the unit cannot be ruled out. Owner Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) insists that further investigations are required.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 01 August 2024
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Japanese-regulator-to-decide-fate-of-Tsuruga-2