Subscribe free to our newsletters via your
. Nuclear Energy News .




CIVIL NUCLEAR
Japan resumes reactor work despite non-nuclear aims
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 1, 2012


A Japanese power firm on Monday resumed construction of an atomic reactor stalled since the disaster at Fukushima, despite government plans to phase out nuclear power.

Electric Power Development, known as J-Power, said it had gone back to work on the plant in the country's north after getting the green light when the government announced its new energy policy aims last month.

The construction work in Oma, a town 650 kilometres (400 miles) north of Tokyo, is the first since a massive earthquake and tsunami sparked the disaster at Fukushima in March 2011 -- the worst such accident in a generation.

Economy, trade and industry minister Yukio Edano, who is charged with supervising the power industry, said the resumption had been a procedural matter and was a decision by the company.

But he added that the operator of the nuclear plant must still meet safety standards before power generation can begin there.

The firm made no announcement on when it expects work to be completed.

Last month, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's government adopted a new energy policy that included the phasing out of nuclear power by 2040, in what was widely seen as bowing to public pressure after the Fukushima disaster.

The new policy calls for reactors more than 40 years old to be shut down, plans to build more nuclear reactors to be shelved and existing reactors only to be restarted if they pass standards issued by a new regulatory agency.

However the policy has been criticised as unclear, with several exceptions that could see nuclear power in use well past 2040. Partially-constructed reactors can be completed, for example.

Nuclear energy has become a hot-button issue in Japan before a general election expected this year. Protests calling for atomic power to be ditched have attracted tens of thousands of people.

Japan turned off its 50 reactors in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, with all but two of them still mothballed in the face of public opposition to their use.

.


Related Links
Nuclear Power News - Nuclear Science, Nuclear Technology
Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com






Comment on this article via your Facebook, Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail login.

Share this article via these popular social media networks
del.icio.usdel.icio.us DiggDigg RedditReddit GoogleGoogle








CIVIL NUCLEAR
Bulgaria seeks information on US nuclear plant investor
Sofia (AFP) Sept 28, 2012
Bulgaria said Friday it was seeking information from the United States Department of Energy on a US-based consortium, which said this week it wished to take over a shelved nuclear plant project. The Bulgarian energy and economy ministry said in a statement that it had requested "more information on the US consortium, which has declared interest in the Belene project, and on its representativ ... read more


CIVIL NUCLEAR
Most biofuels are not green

New Uses for Old Tools Could Boost Biodiesel Output

World's first biofuel jet flight to take off in Canada

Sorghum Eyed as a Southern Bioenergy Crop

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Trina Solar Roadshow puts Installers on Fast Track

SolarAid and SunFunder Launch New Crowdfunding Project to Finance Solar Lighting in Zambia

KYOCERA Solar Modules Tested to Show Only Minimal Power Output Degradation After 20 Years in the Field

4JET Introduces New Laser Solution for Processing Flexible Solar Cells

CIVIL NUCLEAR
US bars China wind farm deal on security grounds

Wind power faces tax credit uncertainty

Sufficient wind energy available to meet global demands without damaging climate

Report backs greater role for wind energy

CIVIL NUCLEAR
French supermarket takes to water to cut carbon footprint

Lightning sparks mass power cut in Azerbaijan: official

LADWP Approves Environmental Study of New Transmission Project to Access Renewable Energy

US Electricity Generation Wastes Huge Amounts Of Water

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Greek owner of NZ oil spill ship to pay up to $31 million

Oil prices drop as Chinese manufacturing shrinks

Thousands protest against Malaysia petroleum hub

Less chemicals found in Wyo. fracking zone

CIVIL NUCLEAR
The Magnetic Wakes of Pulsar Planets

Stagnant Interiors Suppress Chances of Life on Super-Earths

Meteors Might Add Methane to Exoplanet Atmospheres

Two 'hot Jupiters' found in star cluster: NASA

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Lockheed Martin-Led Team's Second Littoral Combat Ship Commissioned by US Navy

Brazil's sub project boosts local industry

China's Liaoning carrier enters service

Fueling the Fleet, Navy Looks to the Seas

CIVIL NUCLEAR
Rock Grinding Action

Learning to live on Mars

Mars Rover Opportunity Working at 'Matijevic Hill'

Curiosity Completes Longest Drive Yet




The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2014 - Space Media Network. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement