METI OKs Kyushu Electric's pluthermal plan

METI OKs Kyushu Electric's pluthermal plan

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear and Energy Safety Agency Chairman Kenkichi Hirose (L) hands a letter approving Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to use pluthermal power generation at its reactor to Hiroshi Taniguchi, head of the power utility's Tokyo branch office, on Sept. 7.

METI OKs Kyushu Electric's pluthermal plan

METI OKs Kyushu Electric's pluthermal plan

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear and Energy Safety Agency Chairman Kenkichi Hirose (L) hands a letter approving Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s plan to use pluthermal power generation at its reactor to Hiroshi Taniguchi, head of the power utility's Tokyo branch office, on Sept. 7. (Kyodo)

A distant view of the city of Kobe

A distant view of the city of Kobe

View of Kobe harbour from Mt. Suwa. Mid-Meiji Period. This is the same as photograph #4485, although the tinting of the buildings is different. The house surrounded by walls on the right of the main street running north-south is the residence of Kodera Yasujiro. The City of Kobe acquired this house in 1941 and named it Sorakuen. Yasujiro was a retainer of the Kuki family in the Sanda feudal domain. His first son, Kenkichi, became the first elected mayor of Kobe City in 1947.==Date:unknown, Place:Kobe, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐46‐0]

JCO summoned to hearing on nuke accident

JCO summoned to hearing on nuke accident

TOKYO, Japan - Kenkichi Hirose, director general of the Science and Technology Agency's Nuclear Safety Policy Division, on Feb. 3 hands a notice to Makoto Ujihara, chief of the Tokyo office of JCO Co., summoning the operator of a uranium-processing plant in Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, to a public hearing March 13 on Japan's worst nuclear accident. The agency said it plans to cancel JCO's business license.