30 June, 2020
“Existing NPPs to Enter Age of 80-Year Operations” JAIF Annual Survey Says
Each year, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF) presents a survey titled “World Nuclear Power Plants.” This year's survey is compiled from data as of January 1, 2020 based on replies to questionnaires sent to electric power companies and nuclear-related organizations around the world.
Total Nuclear Capacity of Operating NPPs Decreases for First Time in 6 Years
As of January 1, 2020, there were 437 operating nuclear power plants (NPPs) around the world, with a total generating capacity of 411,924 MW. Total nuclear capacity, which had been increasing since 2013, decreased for the first time in six years.
Six had outputs less than 1,000 MW (total generating capacity of 4,300 MW) and had been operated for more than 40 years (since the 1970s): two in the U.S. and one each in South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan. The other six closed units totaling 6,430 MW of generating capacity had begun commercial operations in the 1980s and been operated less than 40 years: five in Japan and one in Germany.
Existing NPPs to Enter Age of 80-Year Operations
In the U.S., where e...more
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Toshiba ESS and Yokohama National University Boost Joint Research to Upgrade Heavy-Ion Cancer Therapy, Using Kanagawa Prefectural Facility
Three Japanese institutions—Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), Yokohama National University (YNU) and the Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization—will accelerate joint research toward the upgrade of apparatus using heavy particle beams for cancer therapy.
For several years, Toshiba ESS has worked closely with Japan’s National Institute of Radiological Science (NIRS), a pioneer in heavy-beam cancer therapy, and now a division of the National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST). Committing itself to R&D on cancer treatment systems, the firm applied its superconductive electromagnetic technology to the rotating gantries of existing systems, which enable irradiation from all directions, allowing them to be made smaller and lighter.
Treatment began in 2015 at the Ion-Beam Radiation Oncology Center in Kanagawa (i-ROCK), located within the Kanagawa Cancer Center of the Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization. It is the fifth such facility built in Japan.
According to information released by the three pa...more
