18 June, 2019
MHI Tests Anti-Explosion Robot for Plant Inspections, Capitalizing on Experience Gained in Nuclear Accidents
On June 10, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), announced that it had carried out an operational test of its prototype EX ROVR robot for plant inspections at JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation’s Mizushima Refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, located in western part of Japan.
31 May, 2019
NRA Orders Kansai EP to Backfit Takahama and Other NPPs Based on New Volcano Impact Information
At a regular meeting on May 29, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), based on the latest assessment of the impact from an eruption of Mt. Daisen in Tottori Prefecture, decided to order the Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kansai EP) to file applications for permissions to change reactor installations for its Takahama, Ohi and Mihama Nuclear Power Plants by the end of the year.
21 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Environmental Activist Michael Shellenberger, a Pro-nuclear Convert, Meets the Press
On April 9, President Michael Shellenberger of U.S. Environmental Progress, famous as an environmental activist who supports nuclear power, visited Japan to make a special presentation at the 52nd JAIF Annual Conference. At a press conference after the presentation, he explained why he had changed his view of nuclear power, something he once opposed.
21 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Leader Perspective: “The Role of Nuclear Energy in the EU Low-carbon Future”
In the Leader Perspective section of the 52nd JAIF Annual Conference, held on April 10, Director Massimo Garribba of Nuclear Energy, Safety and ITER, DG for Energy, European Commission (EC) gave a presentation entitled “The Role of Nuclear Energy in the EU Low-carbon Future.”
20 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Leader Perspective: “French Nuclear Policy and Industry Update”
In the “Leader Perspective” session on April 9, the first day of the conference, Orano CEO Philippe Knoche gave a presentation entitled “French Nuclear Policy and Industry Update.”
20 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Session 3: “Diversity and Possibilities for Nuclear Technology”
Session 3, “Diversity and Possibilities for Nuclear Technology,” held on April 10, the second day of the 52nd JAIF Annual Conference, addressed prospects for the use of radiation with the participation of experts and specialists from various fields.
15 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Session 2: “Prospects for Development of Innovative Technology”
At Session 2 of the JAIF Annual Conference, which took place on the second day of the conference, or April 10, a panel discussion was held to discuss the theme of prospects for the development of innovative technology.
15 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Fukushima Daiichi Report
On April 10, the second day of the JAIF Annual Conference, a presentation was given by Managing Executive Officer Akira Ono of Tokyo Electric Power Co., and president of the Fukushima Daiichi Decontamination and Decommissioning Engineering Company (FDEC), concerning the current state and challenges at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants.
15 May, 2019
【52nd JAIF Annual Conference】 Session 1: “Role of Nuclear Power as a Low-Carbon Energy Source”
Held on April 9, the first day of the two-day 52nd JAIF Annual Conference, Session 1 affirmed the value of nuclear energy as a low-carbon power source for the future, based on Japan’s fifth Strategic Energy Plan issued in July 2018. Another topic considered by the participants was measures for nuclear energy’s growth in harmony with renewable energies. Director-General Kenji Yamaji from the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) served as the moderator for the session.
10 May, 2019
JT60-SA’s Core Central Solenoid Installed at QST’s Naka Fusion Institute
On May 8, the central solenoid of the JT-60SA—a superconducting-coil tokamak plasma test device—was installed at the Naka Fusion Institute in Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture, built by the National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST).
10 May, 2019
Demonstration Made by MHI and IRID of Robot Arm to Remove Fuel Debris from Fukushima Daiichi
On April 24, Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, (MHI) and the International Research Institute for Decommissioning (IRID), based in Tokyo, showed members of the press a version of a robot arm that they had developed to remove fuel debris from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants, damaged by a tsunami in March 2011.
