May 07, 2011By taking a firm stand at odds with the Hamaoka plant operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., Mr. Kan broke with a long-standing policy in Japan of treating problems at the country's nuclear power
Get Price* Chubu's Hamaoka nuclear plant may face political obstacles * Experts have warned that Hamaoka near active quake zone TOKYO, May 5 (Reuters) - Strict safety measures may prevent Chubu Electric Power Co (9502.T) from restarting two reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear plant after they are shut for regular maintenance, the local governor said on Thursday.
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Get PriceApr 11, 2011From Kyodo News English (4/28/2011, full article by subscription): Chubu Electric Power Co. plans to restart a nuclear reactor at its Hamaoka plant in Shizuoka Prefecture after the present regular checkups in July, the utility said Thursday despite mounting local concerns about the plant's safety amid a nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture.
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Get PriceMay 26, 2015Spent-nuclear fuel issues plague restarts — The Japan Times. May 26, 2015. by Melanie. 1. " Spent fuel at the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture could exceed the capacity of storage pools some two years after the plant is restarted — much sooner than the previously assumed eight years, according to sources.
Get PriceJul 01, 2011A group of lawyers and residents of Shizuoka Prefecture filed a lawsuit Friday to seek decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, arguing it cannot be made safe as it sits on a tectonic fault line and is at great risk of being hit by a major earthquake with an accompanying tsunami and ground liquefaction.
Get Priceconcrete structure's performance. The decommissioning of Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station (NPS) Units 1 and 2, which were operated for nearly 40 years, is underway. A research project on the aging concrete of Hamaoka NPS Unit 1 was started in FY2015. In this project, a large amount of data on the physical
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Get PriceJun 27, 2012The Hamaoka nuclear power plant was the first one I was made aware of, and campaigned against, back when I was working on another project (about food safety and antibiotic resistance) for Japan Offspring Fund. Now I am pleased to hear that there is very little chance of it going back online.
Get PriceMay 09, 2014"The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant ( Hamaoka Genshiryoku Hatsudensho, Hamaoka NPP) is a nuclear power plant located in Omaezaki city, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Japan's east coast, 200 km south-west of Tokyo. It is managed by the Chubu Electric Power Company. There are five units contained at a single site with a net area
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Get PriceSep 17, 2021Water containing radioactive substances Leakage from pipes No external impact Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant. Life/Entertain 2021-06-20T18:53:00.884Z. More than 40 years since the start of operation Fukui Mihama Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 will restart on the 23rd of this month. Trends 24h.
Get PriceIt estimated the Hamaoka halt would shave 250 billion yen (${esc.dollar}3.1 billion) from its earnings in the 2011/12 fiscal year to March 2012 if the lost power is all covered by gas-thermal plants.
Get PriceAug 17, 2021Chubu Elec confirms smoke at Hamaoka nuclear plant; says no radiation leak By Syndicated Content Aug 17, 2021 | 3:23 AM TOKYO (Reuters) – Chubu Electric Power Co Inc said fire alarms were triggered and a worker saw smoke early on Tuesday in the turbine building of the suspended No. 5 unit at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan.
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Get PriceAug 17, 2021Shizuoka – Fire alarms went off Tuesday at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka prefecture, and the operator confirmed the presence of smoke in a building, the second such incident in a week at the currently suspended facility. No leakage of radioactive material outside the plant has been confirmed, said the operator, Chubu Electric Power Co., after the incident at around 5:15 a.m. in
Get PriceJun 29, 2017SHIZUOKA–The re-elected governor here has given an emphatic "No" to the question of whether the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, often described as the most dangerous facility of
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Get PriceMay 09, 2011Nuclear energy provides more than one-third of Japan's electricity, and shutting the Hamaoka plant is likely to exacerbate power shortages expected this summer. The three reactors account for more than 10 percent of Chubu's power supply. The Hamaoka plant is a key power provider to central Japan, including nearby , home of Toyota Motor Corp.
Get PriceThe population residing in the 30-km radius totals roughly 460,000, the third-largest following that of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tokai No. 2 nuclear plant in Ibaraki Prefecture northeast of Tokyo and Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan.
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