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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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2023 National Restaurant Association Show held in Chicago

STORY: 2023 National Restaurant Association Show held in Chicago DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:49 LOCATION: CHICAGO, U.S. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food stands and other exhibits at the show STORYLINE: A line circles around the Vienna Beef pavilion. A dozen Vienna Beef staff members are busy preparing food inside, and people in turn can have a taste of soup, pickles, sausage and the Chicago-style hot dogs on the four sides of the pavilion. The 2023 National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show officially kicked off on Saturday at the McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. Exhibitors have put on display more than 900 product categories covering beverages, food, equipment, furnishings and decorations, paper, tableware, uniforms and apparels, among others. Launched in 1919, the NRA show is one of the largest annual gatherings of food service professionals in the Western Hemisphere. The 2023 show will last until Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Chicago, U.S. (XHTV

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U.S. Congress is taken hostage by gun lobby: Pakistani expert

STORY: U.S. Congress is taken hostage by gun lobby: Pakistani expert DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. various of guns 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MIR MOHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Former Wall Street investment banker 4. various of mass shootings in the U.S. 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MIR MOHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Former Wall Street investment banker STORYLINE: A Pakistani expert says little progress has been made on gun control in the U.S. as its Congress is held hostage by powerful lobbies like the National Rifle Association (NRA). SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MIR MOHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Former Wall Street investment banker "The NRA is such a powerful lobby, National Rifle Association. Congress is held hostage. Senate is held hostage. I said there is no solution. There is no ending to the shootings because of the easy access and availability to the guns and no punishment. Ethnic minorities are being blamed, because they're the scapegoat. It has all to do w

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NRA head briefed on No.3 reactor at Shimane plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from L) receives a briefing under the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2015.

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NRA chief inspects No.3 reactor at Shimane plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from L) inspects the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Jan. 16, 2015.

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NRA head inspects portable pumps at Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (far L)) and others inspect a depot storing portable pumps at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA head inspects Kyushu Electric's Sendai nuke plant

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R) and others inspect waterproof facilities in a seawater pumping area at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 20, 2014. The plant is the first to meet the NRA's toughened regulations after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA inspects unit 2 of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (2nd from F), on behalf of NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka, inspects the equipment of unit 2 and its accident measures at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2014. (Pool photo)

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NRA inspects No.3 reactor of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (R) inspects the inside of unit 3's reactor building at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. Starting date of commercial operation of unit 3 has not been set. (Pool photo)

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NRA inspects No.3 reactor of Shimane nuclear plant

MATSUE, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa (2nd from R) inspects the pressure vessel of unit 3, which is under construction, at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s Shimane nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, on Dec. 18, 2014. (Pool photo)

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NRA chief opines on Takahama nuke plant's safety

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (2nd from R), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks in Tokyo on Dec. 17, 2014, about a report that the No. 3 and 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, have cleared the NRA's tougher safety requirements. The clearance is a step toward reactivating the idled reactors.

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J-Power seeks safety checks of uncompleted nuke plant

TOKYO, Japan - Junji Nagashima (R), executive managing director of Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, presents a document to a Nuclear Regulation Authority official in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2014, to apply for NRA safety checks of its Oma nuclear power plant now under construction in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori.

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NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (L), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, delivers a pep talk in the emergency response room at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014, during his visit. (Pool photo)

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NRA chief inspects Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka (R, front), chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, walks by radioactive water tanks during his inspection at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Dec. 12, 2014. (Pool photo)

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NRA begins safety inspections of Monju reactor

TSRUGA, Japan - A senior official of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency addresses a meeting in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2014, to mark the start of quarterly safety inspections of its Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. Operation of the Monju reactor has been effectively banned by the NRA since finding improperly inspected equipment in the past.

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NRA commissioner at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Akira Ishiwatari (2nd from L) checks the samples collected in a fault lines survey at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Oct. 30, 2014.

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Japan nuclear plant gets safety OK

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2014, after the NRA approved the final version of its screening report on the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear plant under new regulations imposed following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. With the approval, the two reactors in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, moved closer to becoming the first in the country to be restarted.

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Volcanic risks may be reviewed at nuke power plant: official

TOKYO, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, outgoing commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, says in an interview in August 2014 that the NRA may review its assessment of volcanic eruption risks surrounding Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan nuclear plant clears safety hurdle toward restarting

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on July 16, 2014, after the NRA approved a draft report required to resume the operations of two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. The reactors are expected to become the first nuclear facility to restart under new safety standards introduced following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear crisis.

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NRA commissioner nominee vows to make scientific judgments

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Ishiwatari, a Tohoku University professor and geologist, tells reporters in Tokyo on June 13, 2014, he thinks it is "natural to make scientific judgments on the basis of data" about whether nuclear reactors are safe to be restarted under the framework of new safety regulations. Ishiwatari is one of the government's nominees to replace two of the five commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority.

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NRA official explains inspection on Monju reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - A senior official of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (C) explains an inspection of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor on June 9, 2014, on the premises of the reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.

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NRA commissioner's seabed inspection

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) heads to board a fishing boat in Higashidori, Aomori Prefecture on May 13, 2014, for a seabed inspection.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (L) is briefed about an observation ship's recording device for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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NRA's Shimazaki inspects Shimokita Peninsula

AOMORI, Japan - Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki (R) aboard an observation ship is briefed about equipment for underground structure assessment in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, on May 12, 2014, during his inspection of sites for underground structure investigation on Shimokita Peninsula conducted by the secretariat of the authority.

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Compiling Mihama fault probe results delayed

NAGOYA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines earth layers near the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, in December 2013. KEPCO appears to have given up on completing a conclusive report on the fault lines by the April 2014 deadline and submission of the report to the NRA is also expected to be delayed, a source familiar with the matter told Kyodo News on April 23, 2014.

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NRA commissioner speaks about Tokai reprocessing plant

TOKYO, Japan - Toyoshi Fuketa, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks to reporters after inspecting a plant for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 21, 2014.

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Fukushima school gives debris art to NRA head

TOKYO, Japan - A student from Hobara high school in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, hands a piece of debris from the 2011 earthquake with a drawing of flower on it to Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (L) at the authority in Tokyo on March 24, 2014. The students have created artworks to encourage victims of the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake.

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NRA chief speaks about safety review of Sendai nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan -Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2014, about the NRA's decision to prioritize the safety review of the Nos. 1 and 2 nuclear reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan.

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NRA to prioritize safety review of Sendai nuclear plant

FUKUOKA, Japan - The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) will prioritize the safety review of the No. 1 (R) and No. 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Sendai nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken in January 2014.

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Tsuruga nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A Nuclear Regulation Authority team of experts re-examine Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 21, 2014. The NRA found in May 2013 that the No. 2 reactor at the plant is sitting above an active fault. But Japan Atomic Power said in a report in July 2013 that the reactor is not located above an active fault. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Reexamination of fault situation at Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A team of experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines layers of earth around the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014, the first day of a two-day reexamination after the NRA found in May the previous year that the reactor is sitting above an active fault.

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Reexamination of fault situation at Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A team of experts from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines layers of earth around the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 20, 2014, the first day of a two-day reexamination after the NRA found in May the previous year that the reactor is sitting above an active fault. (Pool photo)

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Fukushima governor, NRA chief

TOKYO, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) and Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, bow as they meet in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2013. The governor of the prefecture hosting the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant asked the NRA chief to improve the handling of the nuclear crisis at the power plant, as the NRA raised its assessment of the severity of a recent toxic water leak at the complex to level 3 on an eight-point international scale the same day.

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Nuclear regulator raps TEPCO

TOKYO, Japan - Toyoshi Fuketa, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks with reporters in Fukushima Prefecture on Aug. 23, 2013, after he and other NRA officials visited areas where 300 tons of highly radioactive water was recently found to have leaked from a storage tank at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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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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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (2nd from L, back), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts of its investigation team are briefed at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012, on a fault running underneath the station. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether the disputed fault should be viewed as active.

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Study on fault at Oi nuclear plant

OI, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, puts a question to Kansai Electric Power Co. at its Oi nuclear power station in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 2, 2012. The NRA conducted an investigation to check whether a disputed fault running underneath the plant should be viewed as active.

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Radiation spread projections in severe accidents

TOKYO, Japan - Shunichi Tanaka, head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, takes a look at documents giving projections for the spread of radiation from nationwide nuclear reactors in the event of a severe accident, at an NRA meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 24, 2012. In releasing their first such projections, Japan's nuclear regulatory authorities said the amount of radiation released a week after an accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture could reach the level where evacuation is recommended for those living as far as 40 kilometers from the plant.

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BOTSWANA-GABORONE-RISK ASSESSMENT-MONEY LAUNDERING

(221108) -- GABORONE, Nov. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Emmah Peloetletse, Permanent Secretary to the President and chairperson of the National Coordinating Committee on Financial Intelligence, speaks at the launch ceremony in Gaborone, Botswana on Nov. 7, 2022. Botswana has launched its second National Risk Assessment (NRA) on money laundering, terrorism financing, and proliferation financing. (Photo by Tshekiso Tebalo/Xinhua)

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Intricate ties between U.S. politicians, lobbies make gun violence unresolved: Turkish expert

STORY: Intricate ties between U.S. politicians, lobbies make gun violence unresolved: Turkish expert DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gun shops in the U.S. 2. various of people protesting against gun violence 3. shot of the National Rifle Association 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral 5. various of people protesting against gun violence 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral STORYLINE: A retired Turkish admiral said that the intricate relations between U.S. politicians and gun lobbies stand as an impenetrable block for an effective gun control law despite a growing public outcry. Cihat Yayci said that gun violence in the United States is doomed to remain unresolved as gun lobbies - mainly the National Rifle Association (NRA)- have been funding politicians. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): CIHAT YAYCI, Retired Turkish admiral "The NRA is a very serious lobby and a manufacturer's

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Protesters take on NRA convention in Houston after Texas shooting

STORY: Protesters take on NRA convention in Houston after Texas shooting DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Houston City Hall Building, Texas, USA 2. various of the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLIVIA OTOU-BRANCKEART, High school senior 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JIM HUNNICUTT, Protester 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): Protester STORYLINE: Crowds of protesters crying for gun control gathered on Friday outside the convention of U.S. gun rights lobby group National Rifle Association (NRA) in downtown Houston, Texas. The first day of the NRA annual meeting met with angry demonstrations just three days after the Uvalde school shooting claimed the lives of 19 children and two teachers, just about 300 miles away. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): OLIVIA OTOU-BRANCKEART, High school senior "It was really heartbreaking because I'm a senior in high school. And even as a senior, just knowing that those children, who literally have yet to even like know what t

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Protest at NRA meeting in Texas

Protesters gather in front of the venue of an annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Houston, Texas, on May 27, 2022. Earlier in the week, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing more than 20 people, most of them children.

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Protest at NRA meeting in Texas

Protesters gather in front of the venue of an annual meeting of the National Rifle Association in Houston, Texas, on May 27, 2022. Earlier in the week, an 18-year-old gunman opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing more than 20 people, most of them children.

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U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-RALLY-GUN VIOLENCE

(220528) -- HOUSTON, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man holding a placard attends the rally to protest against gun violence in Houston, Texas, the United States, May 27, 2022. Houston, the largest city of the southwestern U.S. state of Texas, is bracing for multiple protests crying for gun control, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) kicks off its annual convention in the city center on Friday, just days after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting claiming 21 lives. (Photo by Chengyue Lao/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-RALLY-GUN VIOLENCE

(220528) -- HOUSTON, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People rally to protest against gun violence in Houston, Texas, the United States, May 27, 2022. Houston, the largest city of the southwestern U.S. state of Texas, is bracing for multiple protests crying for gun control, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) kicks off its annual convention in the city center on Friday, just days after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting claiming 21 lives. (Photo by Chengyue Lao/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-HOUSTON-RALLY-GUN VIOLENCE

(220528) -- HOUSTON, May 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People holding placards rally to protest against gun violence in Houston, Texas, the United States, May 27, 2022. Houston, the largest city of the southwestern U.S. state of Texas, is bracing for multiple protests crying for gun control, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) kicks off its annual convention in the city center on Friday, just days after the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting claiming 21 lives. (Photo by Chengyue Lao/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CHICAGO-NRA SHOW

(220523) -- CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago, the United States, May 22, 2022. The 2022 NRA Show is held from May 21 to 24 in Chicago. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CHICAGO-NRA SHOW

(220523) -- CHICAGO, May 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors try chicken products at the National Restaurant Association (NRA) Show in Chicago, the United States, May 22, 2022. The 2022 NRA Show is held from May 21 to 24 in Chicago. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)