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New atomic energy agency founded in merger of 2 institutes

MITO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the Japan Atomic Energy Agency is held in Tokai village in Ibaraki Prefecture on Oct. 1. The agency was established by merging the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute and the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute.

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Work begins to revamp accident-hit experimental nuke reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Full-fledged work started Sept. 1 to modify the experimental Monju fast-breeder reactor (photo taken Aug. 16) in Fukui Prefecture, which has remained shut since a fire occurred there 10 years ago, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute said.

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Accident halts work to ship soil containing uranium to U.S.

TOTTORI, Japan - The governmental Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute suspended work to ship soil containing uranium ore from Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, to the United States for disposal on Aug. 29, after a bag containing the soil fell from a vehicle during transportation on the same day.

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Work begins to ship uranium-contaminated soil to U.S. for disposal

TOTTORI, Japan - The governmental Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute began work Aug. 29 to ship soil contaminated with uranium in a metal container from Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, to the United States for disposal. The Supreme Court upheld lower courts' orders to remove the soil.

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Gov't body plans to dispose of uranium-contaminated soil in U.S.

TOTTORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute plans to ship soil contaminated with uranium from Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, to the United States for disposal, informed sources said June 12. Of the 3,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil (covered by a blue sheet in the photo taken in June 2002) in the town's Katamo district, 290 cubic meters, with a relatively high surface radiation level, will be shipped to the U.S., the sources said.

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Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - File photo shows an overview of the Fugen converter-type reactor of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where an explosion was heard and smoke detected July 4 at a nuclear reactor waste disposal facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. No one was injured in the incident and there was no radiation leak, authorities said.

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Tokaimura nuclear fuel reprocessing plant reopens

MITO, Japan - Photo shows the chief of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, giving instructions to its employees on Nov. 20. The plant, which was closed after a fire and explosion in March 1997, resumed operations earlier in the day. Workers at the plant of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute began reprocessing uranium solution taken from a fuel plant of JCO Co., also in Tokaimura.

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Ibaraki to reopen nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

MITO, Japan - Tokaimura Mayor Tatsuya Murakami (L) delivers notification Nov. 10 to Yasumasa Togo (R), head of the state-run Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute which operates a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Ibaraki Prefecture village, allowing it to reopen the plant. The plant has been closed since a fire and explosion accident in March 1997, which exposed 37 workers to high levels of radiation. Ibaraki Gov. Masaru Hashimoto (C) looks on.

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Remaining uranium solution transported from Tokaimura plant

MITO, Japan - An operation to transport uranium solution remaining at the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, to a nearby nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is completed on April 14. The last four stainless steel containers (C) are carried on a truck from the conversion building at the uranium processing plant operated by JCO Co. to the reprocessing plant of Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute, also in the village of Tokaimura.

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IAEA experts offer views on Tokaimura accident

TOKAIMURA, Japan - Three experts (right front) from the International Atomic Energy Agency exchange views on the Sept. 30 Tokaimura nuclear accident with officials of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) and the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute at JAERI's office on Oct. 15.

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Donen closes after 31 years of operation

An employee of Japan's semigovernmental Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (Donen) holds the organization's signboard removed from the wall Sept. 30 as it closes operations the same day following a series of nuclear accidents and cover-ups. The Tokyo-based Donen, established in 1967 to develop nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel recycling systems, will be replaced Oct. 1 by a new entity, the Japan Cycle Development Institute.

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Gov't body plans to dispose of uranium-contaminated soil in U.S.

TOTTORI, Japan - Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute plans to ship soil contaminated with uranium from Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, to the United States for disposal, informed sources said June 12. Of the 3,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil (covered by a blue sheet in the photo taken in June 2002) in the town's Katamo district, 290 cubic meters, with a relatively high surface radiation level, will be shipped to the U.S., the sources said. (Kyodo)

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New atomic energy agency founded in merger of 2 institutes

MITO, Japan - A ceremony to launch the Japan Atomic Energy Agency is held in Tokai village in Ibaraki Prefecture on Oct. 1. The agency was established by merging the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute and the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. (Kyodo)

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Donen closes after 31 years of operation

An employee of Japan's semigovernmental Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp. (Donen) holds the organization's signboard removed from the wall Sept. 30 as it closes operations the same day following a series of nuclear accidents and cover-ups. The Tokyo-based Donen, established in 1967 to develop nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel recycling systems, will be replaced Oct. 1 by a new entity, the Japan Cycle Development Institute. ==Kyodo

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Explosion heard, smoke seen at nuke plant

FUKUI, Japan - File photo shows an overview of the Fugen converter-type reactor of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, where an explosion was heard and smoke detected July 4 at a nuclear reactor waste disposal facility in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. No one was injured in the incident and there was no radiation leak, authorities said. (Kyodo)

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Work begins to revamp accident-hit experimental nuke reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Full-fledged work started Sept. 1 to modify the experimental Monju fast-breeder reactor (photo taken Aug. 16) in Fukui Prefecture, which has remained shut since a fire occurred there 10 years ago, the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute said. (Kyodo)

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Work begins to ship uranium-contaminated soil to U.S. for dispos

TOTTORI, Japan - The governmental Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute began work Aug. 29 to ship soil contaminated with uranium in a metal container from Yurihama, Tottori Prefecture, to the United States for disposal. The Supreme Court upheld lower courts' orders to remove the soil. (Kyodo)

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