2 August, 2019
IEEJ’s 2020 Economic and Energy Outlook Compares Effects of Completing and Not Completing Anti-Terrorism Facilities at Japan’s NPPs
At its regular meeting on July 23, the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) released a report entitled “Economic and Energy Outlook of Japan for FY2020,” referring to the fiscal year that will begin in April 2020.
Using a reference scenario based on world economic trends in 2019-20, the report addresses three issues:
The completion of construction of facilities to respond to specific severe accidents (so-called “anti-terrorism facilities”) at the country's nuclear power plants (NPPs) and the accompanying delays in restarting them.
Soaring crude oil prices due to geopolitical risks in the Middle East.
The effects of trade wars on global energy supply and demand.
Japan’s power companies have been given a five-year grace period to build anti-terrorism facilities, starting from the time their work plans for the plants themselves are approved. If they fail to complete the facilities by then, they will be ordered by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan to suspend operation of the ...more
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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.
The robot has “anti-explosion” features intended to minimize the chances that the robot itself, through sparks or heat, might ignite an explosion or fire when operated in an explosive atmosphere such as flammable gas. There is an increasing need for such robots to save manpower in patrolling oil refineries and the like.
MHI’s experience with robotic technologies includes the successful development of radiation-resistance and remote-control capabilities in response to the JCO criticality accident in September 1999 and the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants in March 2011. Based on those experiences, the company has been developing robots for patrolling and inspecting oil and chemical plants, and as a means to respond to infrastructure disasters.
The design o...more
