San Onofre nuclear power plant

San Onofre nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2011 shows the San Onofre nuclear power plant in southern California. The number of incidents of abnormal attrition -- or wearing away or grinding down by friction -- found in Japanese-made steam generator tubes in two reactors at the power plant has reached around 15,000, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said in a report on July 12, 2012.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001171584
  • Registered date
  • 2012/7/13 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2012 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1618 × 1021 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 197.06(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    2 Oi reactors clear regulator's safety review

    2 Oi reactors clear regulator's safety review

    TOKYO, Japan, May 24 Kyodo - Photo taken May 18, 2017, shows Nos. 3 (R) and 4 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast. The Nuclear Regulation Authority formally determined on May 24 that the two units have met the country's post-Fukushima safety standards.
      NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

      NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

      FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)
        Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

        Fukushima nuclear plant chief feared catastrophe for eastern Japan

        TOKYO, Japan - Pool photo taken Nov. 12, 2011, shows Masao Yoshida, chief of the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaking to reporters at the plant in Fukushima Prefecture. According to government documents obtained by Kyodo News on Aug. 30, 2014, Yoshida said in testimony before his death that he had feared catastrophic damage to eastern Japan while he was struggling to contain the crisis in March 2011. The government will release his 400-page testimony in September.
          Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

          Emperor, empress visit shopping center in disaster-hit area

          MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko visit a makeshift shopping center in the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 23, 2014. The town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that claimed more than 15,000 lives in northeastern Japan. (Pool photo)
            Japan nuclear plant clears safety hurdle toward restarting

            Japan nuclear plant clears safety hurdle toward restarting

            TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after the NRA approved a draft report required to resume the operations of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. The reactors are expected to become the first nuclear facility to restart under new safety standards introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.
              Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

              Regulators unveil draft report for restart of Kyushu nuclear plant

              TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) attends its meeting on July 16, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan. The regulators unveiled a draft safety screening report needed to restart two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Satsumasendai in the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, in what is seen as a key step to reviving the country's nuclear power generation.
                Fuel rods removed at Genkai nuclear plant

                Fuel rods removed at Genkai nuclear plant

                TOKYO, Japan - Work is underway to remove fuel rods from the No. 3 reactor at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, in March 2013. Japan did not include 640kg of unused plutonium in its annual report to the International Atomic Energy Agency in 2012 and 2013. The unreported plutonium is part of the MOX fuel which was loaded to the No. 3 reactor in March 2011 during its regular checkup but was removed unused in March 2013 as the reactor has remained idle since the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
                  Japan's Renesas in talks to acquire U.S. chipmaker Maxim: report

                  Japan's Renesas in talks to acquire U.S. chipmaker Maxim: report

                  TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in May 2012 shows Renesas Electronics Corp.'s headquarters in Tokyo. The Japanese chipmaker is in talks to acquire Maxim Integrated of the United States in what could be close to a $20 billion deal, CNBC reported on Jan. 29, 2018.
                    Osprey at San Diego port

                    Osprey at San Diego port

                    LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo shows U.S. Osprey military aircraft (R below) at a port in San Diego, California, on July 15, 2013. A commercial transport ship believed to be carrying a total of 12 Osprey airplanes departed the port the following day for their deployment in Okinawa, Japan.
                      California nuclear plant

                      California nuclear plant

                      TOKYO, Japan - A March 2011 file photo shows the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in southern California in the United States. Electric utility Southern California Edison announced on June 7, 2013, that two reactors at the plant taken offline in early 2012 due to faulty steam generators made by a Japanese manufacturer will be shut down for good.