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[Breaking News]Takahama No.1 reactor marks 50th anniversary

TAKAHAMA, Japan, Nov. 14 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 14, 2024, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, which marked its 50th anniversary the same day. Japan's nuclear regulator in October gave the reactor the all clear to continue operations, making it the first reactor in the country to be approved for operation beyond 50 years. (Kyodo)

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Takahama No.1 reactor marks 50th anniversary

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 14, 2024, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, which marked its 50th anniversary the same day. Japan's nuclear regulator in October gave the reactor the all clear to continue operations, making it the first reactor in the country to be approved for operation beyond 50 years.

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Takahama No.1 reactor marks 50th anniversary

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 14,2024, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor of the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, which marked its 50th anniversary the same day. Japan's nuclear regulator in October gave the reactor the all clear to continue operations, making it the first reactor in the country to be approved for operation beyond 50 years.

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Takahama No.1 reactor marks 50th anniversary

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 14, 2024, shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s No. 1 reactor at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, which marked its 50th anniversary the same day. Japan's nuclear regulator in October gave the reactor the all clear to continue operations, making it the first reactor in the country to be approved for operation beyond 50 years.

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Japan regulator OKs nuclear wastewater discharge system at Fukushima plant

STORY: Japan regulator OKs nuclear wastewater discharge system at Fukushima plant DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Japan STORYLINE: Japan's nuclear regulators on Friday formally gave the green light to facilities for discharging nuclear-contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, local media reported. The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) issued the certificate to the plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), showing that the facilities have passed final checks, Kyodo News said. The approval was given after the nuclear watchdog inspected the system which includes pumps to take in massive seawater and emergency shut-off valves, it said. The move means logistical preparations have been completed, putting the country on track to start releasing nuclear wastewater into the sea around this summer, said the report. The approval came after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published its final

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New nuclear regulator attends press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Geologist Akira Ishiwatari attends a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014, after becoming a commissioner at Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority. Ishiwatari, a former Tohoku University professor, will oversee the assessment of earthquake and tsunami hazards that could affect nuclear plants.

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Regulator suggests active faults beneath Higashidori plant

HIGASHIDORI, Japan - A research team of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a fault in a trench on the premises of the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture on Dec. 14, 2012. NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki said the same day that faults beneath the plant site could be active and dangerous. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukushima Plant Still Posing Risks 4 Years After Meltdowns: regulator

FUKUSHIMA, JAPAN - MAR. 11: The situation still remains risky at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant four years after nuclear meltdowns occurred in 2011, the chairman of Japan's nuclear regulator said Wednesday, vowing utmost efforts to avoid further trouble there. "There have been quite a few accidents and problems at the Fukushima plant in the past year, and we need to face the reality that they are causing anxiety and anger among people in Fukushima," Shunichi Tanaka told personnel at the Nuclear Regulation Authority on the fourth anniversary of the nuclear disaster. Mishaps still occur regularly at the radiation-leaking complex in Fukushima Prefecture, where decommissioning

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Powerful quake rocks northeastern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture on March 17, 2022. Japan's nuclear regulator said data shows no abnormalities with reactors and facilities at the complex after a powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit off northeastern Japan late March 16.

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Shikoku Electric nuclear reactor clears major hurdle for restart

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (L) attends a meeting in Tokyo on May 20, 2015. The nuclear regulator approved safety measures of an idled reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's nuclear regulator visits safety center east of Tokyo

Satoru Tanaka (L), commissioner of Japan's Nuclear Regulatory Authority, listens to an instructor at the Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top nuclear regulator requests TEPCO tainted water flow measures

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, gives a regular press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015, urging Tokyo Electric Power Co. to take measures to prevent radioactive rain water flowing into the ocean at its Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows (from back) the Nos. 5, 6 and 7 reactor buildings at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 13, 2021, shows Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. Japan's nuclear regulator decided on April 14 to effectively ban the utility from restarting the plant due to serious safety flaws.

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Japan's chief nuclear regulator pledges to improve safety

Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Yoshiaki Oka speaks at the 59th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria, on Sept. 14, 2015. Oka pledged to redouble efforts for improved safety of nuclear reactors taking lessons learned from the 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's chief nuclear regulator meets IAEA head in Vienna

Japan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Yoshiaki Oka (2nd from front, R) talks with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (2nd from front, L) in Vienna on Sept. 14, 2015, on the sidelines of the IAEA's annual meeting in the Austrian capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo