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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Saga, Japan, May 10 Kyodo -Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows reactors No. 1 (back) and No. 2 of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Kyushu Electric considers decommissioning Genkai No. 1 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor (front), seen in this photo taken in June 2013, at its nuclear plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu.

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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.

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No. 3 reactor at Genkai plant in Saga Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - The No. 3 unit (R) of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai power plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, is photographed in June 2013.

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Genkai power plant's No. 4 reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Kyushu Electric Power Co. suspended the reactor's operation on Dec. 25, 2011, for a regular checkup.

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Genkai nuclear plant's No. 4 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in June 2011 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture. The reactor automatically shut down on Oct. 4, 2011, after an abnormality was detected in the condenser of its secondary cooling water system, according to its operator Kyushu Electric Power Co.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses and paddy fields around the facility in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. The operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. has been rocked by a scandal in which the utility tried to make locals look supportive of restarting its nuclear reactors through phony e-mail messages during a ministry-sponsored event broadcast live on cable TV and via the Internet.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses around it in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. Japan's idled nuclear power plants must undergo the forthcoming ''stress tests'' as a precondition for restarting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the following day.

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Restart of Genkai reactors put on hold

GENKAI, Japan - Hideo Kishimoto, mayor of the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the town on July 7, 2011. He retracted earlier approval for the restart of two reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant, which were shut down for regular checkups.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Nos. 2 (back) and 3 (front) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011.

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Mayor approves restart of Genkai nuclear reactors

GENKAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe (L) speaks at a press conference in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on July 4, 2011, after meeting Genkai Mayor Hideo Kishimoto (R). The mayor approved the resumption of two suspended reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the suspended No. 2 (front) and No. 3 (back) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, in June 2011.

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Saga town hosting nuclear plant OKs reactors' restart

SAGA, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda (L) and Mayor Hideo Kishimoto of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, emerge from a meeting in Genkai on June 29, 2011. Kishimoto told Kaieda that he approves of the resumption of two nuclear reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant which are currently suspended for regular checkups.

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Antinuclear rally in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - People protest against nuclear power generation in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 29, 2011. Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa showed his inclination to resume operations of two nuclear reactors suspended for regular checks at the Genkai power plant in the prefecture on the same day after talks with industry minister Banri Kaieda.

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Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Yasushi Furukawa, governor of Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the prefectural government office in the city of Saga on March 26 after accepting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Tsukasa Terada (R), mayor of the town of Genkai, presents to Shingo Matsuo, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., documents stating the town's acceptance of the power company's plan to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant at the municipal government in Saga Prefecture on March 26.

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Genkai town assembly OKs Kyushu Electric's MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Tsukasa Terada, mayor of the northern Kyushu town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference after the town assembly adopted a statement Feb. 17 calling on the municipal government to accept Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s offer to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant.

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Southwestern Japan holds nuclear plant emergency drill

SAGA, Japan - Paramedics carry a Kyushu Electric Power Co. employee at the compnay's Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on Nov. 26 during an emergency drill. Some 8,300 people took part in the drill, which was conducted on the assumption that an accident had occurred at the plant.

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Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Yasushi Furukawa, governor of Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the prefectural government office in the city of Saga on March 26 after accepting Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Genkai town, Saga Pref. accepts MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Tsukasa Terada (R), mayor of the town of Genkai, presents to Shingo Matsuo, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., documents stating the town's acceptance of the power company's plan to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant at the municipal government in Saga Prefecture on March 26. (Kyodo)

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Southwestern Japan holds nuclear plant emergency drill

SAGA, Japan - Paramedics carry a Kyushu Electric Power Co. employee at the compnay's Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on Nov. 26 during an emergency drill. Some 8,300 people took part in the drill, which was conducted on the assumption that an accident had occurred at the plant.

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Kyushu town mayor welcomes nuclear waste disposal site talks

Hideo Kishimoto, mayor of the southwestern Japanese town of Genkai, meets with reporters at the town offices on April 27, 2016. Kishimoto said he welcomes the possibility of negotiating with the government to host a final disposal site for highly radioactive waste generated by nuclear power plants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court rejects suit seeking halt to MOX use at Genkai nuclear plant

File photo taken in June 2013 shows the No. 3 reactor (R) at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear plant in the town of Genkai, southwestern Japan. The Saga District Court decided March 20, 2015, to reject a suit seeking a halt to the planned use by the utility of plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel at the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Genkai nuclear plant in Japan

File photo taken in December 2016 shows the Nos. 4 (L) and 3 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai power plant in the southwestern town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Genkai town assembly OKs Kyushu Electric's MOX reactor plan

SAGA, Japan - Tsukasa Terada, mayor of the northern Kyushu town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference after the town assembly adopted a statement Feb. 17 calling on the municipal government to accept Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s offer to begin electric generation using uranium-and-plutonium mixed oxide fuel, or MOX, at the No. 3 reactor of its Genkai nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Restart of Genkai reactors put on hold

GENKAI, Japan - Hideo Kishimoto, mayor of the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in the town on July 7, 2011. He retracted earlier approval for the restart of two reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant, which were shut down for regular checkups. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Nos. 2 (back) and 3 (front) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on June 9, 2011, shows the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Japan plans to conduct safety assessments called ''stress tests'' on all its nuclear power plants to allay heightened public concerns over their safety, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Mayor approves restart of Genkai nuclear reactors

GENKAI, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe (L) speaks at a press conference in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, on July 4, 2011, after meeting Genkai Mayor Hideo Kishimoto (R). The mayor approved the resumption of two suspended reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the suspended No. 2 (front) and No. 3 (back) reactors of the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, in June 2011. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses and paddy fields around the facility in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. The operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. has been rocked by a scandal in which the utility tried to make locals look supportive of restarting its nuclear reactors through phony e-mail messages during a ministry-sponsored event broadcast live on cable TV and via the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows the Genkai nuclear power plant and houses around it in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2011. Japan's idled nuclear power plants must undergo the forthcoming ''stress tests'' as a precondition for restarting, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the following day. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear power plant in Kyushu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2009 shows the Genkai nuclear power plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Genkai, Saga Prefecture. The town of Genkai said June 7, 2011, it plans to agree by early July to restart the plant's two reactors that have been suspended for checkups, becoming the first municipality to give such a go-ahead during the country's continuing nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)

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Antinuclear rally in Saga Pref.

SAGA, Japan - People protest against nuclear power generation in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 29, 2011. Saga Gov. Yasushi Furukawa showed his inclination to resume operations of two nuclear reactors suspended for regular checks at the Genkai power plant in the prefecture on the same day after talks with industry minister Banri Kaieda. (Kyodo)

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Saga town hosting nuclear plant OKs reactors' restart

SAGA, Japan - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Banri Kaieda (L) and Mayor Hideo Kishimoto of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, emerge from a meeting in Genkai on June 29, 2011. Kishimoto told Kaieda that he approves of the resumption of two nuclear reactors at the Genkai nuclear power plant which are currently suspended for regular checkups. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Electric considers decommissioning Genkai No. 1 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. is considering decommissioning the No. 1 reactor (front), seen in this photo taken in June 2013, at its nuclear plant in Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture, on Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu. (Kyodo)

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Genkai power plant's No. 4 reactor building

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the building housing the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Kyushu Electric Power Co. suspended the reactor's operation on Dec. 25, 2011, for a regular checkup. (Kyodo)

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Genkai nuclear plant's No. 4 reactor

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in June 2011 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the No. 4 reactor at the Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture. The reactor automatically shut down on Oct. 4, 2011, after an abnormality was detected in the condenser of its secondary cooling water system, according to its operator Kyushu Electric Power Co. (Kyodo)

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Saga governor green-lights restart of Genkai nuclear plant

Photo taken April 24, 2017, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 nuclear reactors at the Genkai power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga. Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi consented to restart the two reactors at the Kyushu Electric Power Co. plant in the town of Genkai, a process expected to result in them coming back online as early as this summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saga governor green-lights restart of Genkai nuclear plant

Photo taken April 24, 2017, shows the Nos. 3 (R) and 4 nuclear reactors at the Genkai power plant in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga. Saga Gov. Yoshinori Yamaguchi consented to restart the two reactors at the Kyushu Electric Power Co. plant in the town of Genkai, a process expected to result in them coming back online as early as this summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo