3 April, 2020
Minamisoma City Releases PR Videos about Plan to Become a “Robot Innovation City”
Minamisoma City in Fukushima Prefecture has been releasing a series of PR videos created to describe its activities toward realizing the Robot Development Vision, a priority in its strategy for reconstruction.
In the Fukushima Robot Test Field, located in the city, conditions have been created simulating those of the actual use of robots. It also will be the site for R&D, demonstration testing, performance evaluations, and training on various robots to be used on land, on sea, and in the air. The city plans to make the best use of the site, enhancing its environment in a way to attract excellent researchers from Japan and abroad, as well as promoting technological innovation in industries and seeking to develop and launch new ventures.
Drawing on the concept of Society 5.0 as advocated by the Japanese government in its Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy, the video series is titled “Minamisoma 5.0—Minamisoma Robot Innovation City.” The videos unified by the key phrase, “Minamisoma...more
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3 April, 2020
TEPCO Presents Ten-Year Decommissioning Midterm Action Plan for Fukushima Daiichi NPS
On March 27, the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) released its Decommissioning Midterm Action Plan 2020, describing the main work processes to be conducted in the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) through the end of 2031 or so.
The so-called “mid-and-long-term roadmap” toward the decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi NPPs—describing the specific steps and concrete measures to be taken until decommissioning is completed—was revised at the end of 2019, based on technical proposals by the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corporation (NDF). The roadmap also covers the removal of spent fuel from dedicated pools and the start of the removal of the fuel debris.
To facilitate the planning to achieve the roadmap’s goals, the Decommissioning Midterm Action Plan 2020 presents specific actions to be taken over a decade or so in dealing with the contaminated water, the removal of spent fuel from spent fuel pools, the removal of fuel debris, and measures to deal with waste. The plan is expecte...more
