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Japan’s Takahama 2 restarts after 12 years
Wednesday, September 20, 2023 by Japan’s Kansai Electric Power has restarted unit 2 of its Takahama NPP in Fukui Prefecture for the first time since 2011. The 780 MWe pressurised water reactor (PWR), which...

Unit 2 of Japan’s Shimane NPP to restart in 2024
Wednesday, September 13, 2023 by Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power Co announced that it will restart unit 2 at its Shimane NPP in the prefectural capital of Matsue in August 2024. This will be the first time the reactor...

IAEA samples seawater following Fukushima treated water discharge
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) first independent sampling and analysis of seawater near the Fukushima Daiichi NPP (FDNPP) since discharges of treated water started...

IAEA monitors treated water released from Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, August 29, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing live data from Japan on the release of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP on the IAEA website. The data includes...

Final preparations for discharge of Fukushima’s ALPS-treated water
Friday, August 25, 2023 by Japan’s government has requested Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) to promptly proceed with its preparations for the discharge into the sea of ALPS treated water stored at...

Protests continue against Fukushima water release
Tuesday, July 11, 2023 by Despite being endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) and the South Korean Government, protests are continuing against...

IAEA approves Japan’s plans to release treated water into the sea at Fukushima
Friday, July 07, 2023 by An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safety review has concluded that Japan’s plans to release treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station (FDNPS) into...

Japanese regulator makes final safety checks before treated Fukushima wastewater is released into sea
Friday, June 30, 2023 by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has begun a final safety inspection before treated water stored at the Fukushima Daiichi MPP is released into the Pacific Ocean. The...

IAEA confirms accuracy of radionuclide measurements in treated water from Fukushima
Friday, June 02, 2023 by Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS), has demonstrated its capabilities for accurate and precise measurements...

Japanese regulator orders reassessment of Fukushima NPP risks
Friday, June 02, 2023 by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has ordered plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to urgently assess the risks of a possible collapse at unit 1 of the...

IAEA issues fifth report on Fukushima water discharge
Tuesday, May 09, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force assessing the safety of Japan’s planned discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has issued...

IAEA reports on Japan’s plan to discharge treated water from Fukushima site
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Task Force reviewing the safety of Japan’s plan to discharge ALPS (Advanced Liquid Processing System) treated water from the...

Evacuation order lifted for part of Fukushima town
Tuesday, April 04, 2023 by The nuclear evacuation order has been lifted for three designated special reconstruction base districts in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Namie. Evacuees from the Tsushima, Murohara...

IAEA releases new report on Fukushima water treatment
Tuesday, January 03, 2023 by The IAEA Task Force established to review the safety of Japan’s plans to discharge to the sea contaminated water treated using the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) stored at...

IAEA to observe sampling of seawater near Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, November 08, 2022 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that a team of experts will visit Japan to observe the collection and treatment of marine samples from the sea near the...

Russian expert comments on projected scheme to remove molten fuel from Fukushima reactors
Friday, October 21, 2022 by In their latest annual strategic progress report, experts from Japan’s Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF – part of Tokyo Electric...

IAEA laboratories analyse treated water from Fukushima Daiichi
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 by The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is conducting independent analysis and data corroboration related to the discharge of treated water from the Fukushima Daiichi NPP...

Tepco postpones Fukushima debris removal pending adjustments to robot arm
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) says it will have to delay to late 2023 the removal of melted nuclear fuel debris from the unit 2 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP...

Deadline relaxed for release of treated Fukushima water
Monday, August 15, 2022 by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) now estimates that tanks containing treated water at the Fukushima Daiichi NPP are likely to reach capacity around the autumn of...