Latest News

Filters

Filter by tags: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Uranium Clear all tag filters

3 news articles found


Construction of MOX-fuelled reactor suspended after 2011 Fukushima disaster The unfinished Ohma nuclear power station in Japan. Courtesy Petra Alt/Wikipedia. Representatives from communities near the Ohma nuclear power station in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, have urged the government to support the resumption of the plant’s construction, the Tokyo-based Japan Atomic Industry Forum (Jaif) said.

The plant was to be the first commercial power reactor capable of operating solely on plutonium-uranium mixed oxide (MOX) fuel, which is made from reprocessed plutonium and uranium.

Jaif reported that Nozaki Naofumi, mayor of Ohma Town, said the region had been “impoverished” by the suspension of the plant’s construction in the wake of the 11 March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station.

He asked the government to take “trenchant measures” to restart construction of the plant “as soon as possible.”

Date: Saturday, 11 February 2023
Original article: nucnet.org/news/community-leaders-urge-government-to-back-plans-for-ohma-nuclear-plant-2-5-2023

Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company Ltd (RFS) now expects its interim used fuel storage facility in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture, to begin operating in fiscal year 2023 (ending March 2024). Following several previous delays, the facility - construction of which began in 2010 - had been scheduled to start up later this year. However, the construction of additional safety measures is taking longer than expected.

Date: Thursday, 29 July 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Start-up-of-Japanese-used-fuel-store-delayed

Los Alamos National Laboratory will assist Toshiba in developing a muon tracker for use helping decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Date: Monday, 07 July 2014
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newslanl-muon-tracker-to-help-at-fukushima-4311776