Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters carry "injured" people at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug, 19, 2014, during a joint drill on the assumption that an F-16 fighter of the base crashed, injuring 11 people. Japan Coast Guard members and local Japanese police also took part.

Triage decision in Japan-U.S. joint drill

Triage decision in Japan-U.S. joint drill

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters simulate the confirmation of a triage decision to determine the priority of patients for treatment based on the severity of their conditions during their joint drill at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug. 19, 2014.

Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

ROKKASHO, Japan - A container carrying spent nuclear fuel is unloaded at Mutsuogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on June 3. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.'s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant resumed accepting spent nuclear fuel the same day for the first time in about 19 months.

Ship departs Fukushima for Aomori with spent nuclear fuel

Ship departs Fukushima for Aomori with spent nuclear fuel

TOMIOKA, Japan - The 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru, carrying 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel, leaves a port in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 18 to deliver its cargo to a reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture. The ship originated from Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was loaded with spend nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 2 plant. It is scheduled to arrive Dec. 19 in Mutsuogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture.

Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters carry "injured" people at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug, 19, 2014, during a joint drill on the assumption that an F-16 fighter of the base crashed, injuring 11 people. Japan Coast Guard members and local Japanese police also took part. (Kyodo)

Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

Rokkasho plant resumes accepting spent nuke fuel

ROKKASHO, Japan - A container carrying spent nuclear fuel is unloaded at Mutsuogawara port in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on June 3. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.'s nuclear fuel reprocessing plant resumed accepting spent nuclear fuel the same day for the first time in about 19 months. (Kyodo)

Ship departs Fukushima for Aomori with spent nuclear fuel

Ship departs Fukushima for Aomori with spent nuclear fuel

TOMIOKA, Japan - The 4,913-ton Rokuei Maru, carrying 13 tons of spent nuclear fuel, leaves a port in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 18 to deliver its cargo to a reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture. The ship originated from Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, and was loaded with spend nuclear fuel from Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 2 plant. It is scheduled to arrive Dec. 19 in Mutsuogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture.