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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.

Date: Thursday, 29 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Kishida-looks-to-restart-Kashiwazaki-Kariwa-units

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) has suspended the first attempt to extract fuel debris from within the primary containment vessel of unit 2 at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after an error in the setup of the debris retrieval device was identified.

Date: Friday, 23 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Fuel-debris-removal-attempt-halted-at-Fukushima-Da

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) announced the discovery on 9 August of a water leak at unit 2 of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant involving an estimated 25 tonnes of water from the used fuel cooling system pump room and the heat exchanger room.

Date: Saturday, 17 August 2024
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Water-leak-within-Fukushima-Daiichi-2-reactor-buil

The Matsue branch of Hiroshima High Court has dismissed a petition seeking to stop Chugoku Electric Power Co from restarting operations at unit 2 of its Shimane NPP in western Japan. The petition was filed in March 2023 by four residents in the prefectures of Shimane and Tottori, which neighbour each other. It raised concerns over the validity of the design basis earthquake ground motions for the reactor and the effectiveness of evacuation plans.

Date: Saturday, 18 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscourt-in-japan-dismisses-petition-to-halt-restart-of-shimane-nuclear-reactor-11783266

Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Co is expected to postpone the restart of unit 2 at its Shimane NPP in Matsue in Shimane Prefecture. The initial restart schedule was set for August this year but is expected to be deferred until autumn or later. The reason for the schedule change is believed to be a delay in completing safety measures. Chugoku Electric Power originally said it would load fuel into the reactor in June, resume operation in August and begin commercial operation in September.

Date: Friday, 03 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrestart-of-japans-shimane-npp-postponed-11733173

The discharge of treated water from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi NPP is progressing in accordance with the Implementation Plan approved by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), the Task Force set up by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed.

Date: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsfukushima-alps-treated-water-release-progressing-planned-11725654

The fifth discharge of treated water from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi NPP was suspended for several hours following a power outage, local media has reported. The outage occurred after as a power cable at the plant was damaged during excavation work, Kyodo reported, citing plant owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco). The system to cool reactors and used fuel pools was not affected by the power cutoff and continued to operate, Tepco said.

Date: Saturday, 27 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newspower-outage-halts-ocean-discharge-of-treated-water-from-fukushima-11713413

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have confirmed that the tritium concentration in the fifth batch of diluted ALPS treated water, which Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) is now discharging to the sea is far below the country’s operational limit.

Date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstritium-levels-below-operational-limits-in-latest-release-of-fukushima-daiichi-treated-water-11705882