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[Breaking News]Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 13 Kyodo - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit. (Kyodo)

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka holds a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, after the Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks during the regulatory body's meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog formally decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, holds a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, at which it formally decided the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, holds a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, at which it formally decided the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Central Japan nuclear unit fails safety check

The Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's nuclear watchdog, holds a meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2024, at which it formally decided the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture has failed to pass a safety review needed for its restart, due to the possibility that an active fault runs underneath the unit.

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Reactor in central Japan fails to pass safety review

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture failed to pass its restart safety review.

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Reactor in central Japan fails to pass safety review

Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2024. The Japanese nuclear watchdog decided the same day that the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture failed to pass its restart safety review.

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Nuke regulator acknowledges active fault under Tsuruga reactor

TOKYO, Japan, March 30 Kyodo - The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepts a survey report at a meeting on March 25, 2015, in Tokyo acknowledging the presence of an active geological fault right under one of two nuclear reactors at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan.

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KEPCO opens special checks on Takahama plant to reporters

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2014, shows the No. 1 reactor vessel of the Takahama nuclear power plant in the central Japan town of Takahama. Its operator Kansai Electric Power Co. allowed reporters to view special checks being conducted on the Nos. 1 and 2 units there. The checks are aimed at allowing the reactors to operate beyond the limit of 40 years.

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Utility official explains safety work at nuke plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A Kansai Electric Power Co. official explains how the concrete structure of a reactor building is reinforced at the utility's nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, ahead of the proposed restart of the 40-year-old complex.

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Site for new reactors unveiled in Fukui Pref., Japan

TSURUGA, Japan - Japan Atomic Power Co. shows media representatives on April 9, 2014, the site where it plans to build the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan.

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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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Fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka attends an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. The NRT accepted an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan sits above an active fault, making it increasingly difficult for the facility to resume operation.

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Fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (R at rear) attends an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. The NRT accepted an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan sits above an active fault.

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Fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

NAGOYA, Japan - A May 15, 2013, photo shows a fault illustrated by a dashed line from top to left bottom at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan. The Nuclear Regulation Authority accepted an assessment on May 22, 2013, that the fault lying below the No. 2 reactor of the plant is active. Illustrated at right is another fault.

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Fault under Tsuruga plant

TOKYO, Japan - This December 2012 file photo shows a geologic fault, known as D-1, running directly underneath the No. 2 reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture. A panel of experts under Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority reaffirmed on Jan. 28, 2013, that the fault is likely to be active.

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Restart of Tsuruga plant appears difficult

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear expert Kunihiko Shimazaki holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 10, 2012. A team of experts, led by Shimazaki, under Japan's nuclear regulatory authority agreed the same day that a fault running underneath a nuclear reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant is likely to be active, an assessment that makes the plant's resumption difficult.

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Restart of Tsuruga plant appears difficult

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the No. 1 (L) and No. 2 reactor buildings at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 10, 2012. A team of experts under Japan's nuclear regulatory authority agreed the same day that a fault running underneath a nuclear reactor at the plant is likely to be active, an assessment that makes the plant's resumption difficult.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a ditch at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines faults at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines a ditch at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows the No. 1 (L) and No. 2 reactor buildings at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012. Experts appointed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority started a field survey the same day to check whether active faults are running directly underneath the reactors.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (far L), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, and other experts from the nuclear regulatory body check samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, checks samples from boring at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as the team from the nuclear regulatory body started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (R facing), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as a field survey began to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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Japan seeks Oi reactors restart

TSURUGA, Japan - Senior Vice Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Mitsuyoshi Yanagisawa (back) listens to a local resident during a meeting in Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on April 26, 2012, to seek local approval for reactivating two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant.

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Nuclear disaster drill held near Tsuruga plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A meeting is held at the offsite center near Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 18, for a nuclear disaster drill, which was held the same day simulating severe damage to its No. 2 reactor caused by a total loss of power in a big earthquake.

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Nuclear disaster drill held near Tsuruga plant

WAKASA, Japan - Local residents undergo screening for radioactive materials at a gymnasium in the town of Wakasa, Fukui Prefecture, as part of a nuclear disaster drill simulating severe damage to the No. 2 reactor of Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga nuclear plant in the prefecture caused by a total loss of power in a big earthquake.

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Tsuruga reactor

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo shows inside the containment vessel of the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, which was shown to reporters on Jan. 18, 2012.

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Oi nuclear plant's spent fuel pit

TSURUGA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 7, 2011, shows the spent fuel pit of the No. 4 reactor at the Oi nuclear power plant in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Kansai Electric Power Co. showed facilities of the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors, temporarily halted due to regular checkups, to the media on the same day.

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Emergency drill at Mihama nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. employees test an emergency reactor cooling system, as part of an emergency drill at the No.1 reactor of Fukui Prefecture's Mihama nuclear power plant on March 31, 2011, following a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Quake drill at Tsuruga nuclear plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Employees of Japan Atomic Power Co. practice spraying water at Tsuruga nuclear power plant, during an earthquake and tsunami drill in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on March 30, 2011, following a crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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MOX fuel placed in storage pool

TSURUGA, Japan - Plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel processed in France for ''pluthermal'' power generation is placed in a storage pool filled with boric acid solution at Takahama nuclear power plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, on July 6, 2010. Kansai Electric Power Co. gave the media access to observe the process.

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Japan's oldest nuclear reactor set to pass 40-year mark

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo, taken in July, 2006, shows the No. 1 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. Fukui Gov. Issei Nishikawa and Tsuruga Mayor Kazuharu Kawase on Feb. 21, 2001, approved the company's plan to continue operating the nation's oldest commercial nuclear reactor, which started commercial operations in 1970.

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Anti-nuclear power scientist Kume dies at 83

TOKYO, Japan - Sanshiro Kume (file photo), an outspoken anti-nuclear power plant scientist, died of heart failure on Sept. 2. He was 83. Specializing in radiochemistry, Kume served as an advisor to residents who filed a lawsuit seeking to revoke a state permit for construction of the Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.

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Monju operation to be resumed

TOKYO, Japan - This August 2005 file photo shows the prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor Monju in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast. Operations of the plant will be resumed by the end of March 2010.

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1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force troops and vehicles are on alert to protect residents during the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant (seen in the background) came under a terrorist attack.

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1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Local residents undergo radiation tests during the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant (seen in the background) came under a terrorist attack.

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1st exercise under safe evacuation law carried out around N-plant

TSURUGA, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard patrol voat and an Air Self-Defense Force helicopter take part in the first exercise organized by the Japanese government under the safe evacuation law in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Seen behind in the fast-breeder reactor Monju located in Tsuruga on the Sea of Japan. The exercise was based on a scenario that a nuclear power plant came under a terrorist attack.

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Police raid Kansai Electric office over nuke plant disaster

TSURUGA, Japan - Police raid Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Wakasa branch office in Fukui Prefecture on Sept. 28 as part of investigations into a deadly nuclear power plant accident in August. Prefectural police investigators entered the office in Mihama, which oversees operations at the company's 11 nuclear reactors in the prefecture. Five workers were killed in the accident.

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Kansai Electric begins safety checks on 3 reactors

TSURUGA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. begins checking the safety of pipes at three nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture on Aug. 17 after the fatal accident on Aug. 9 at the utility's Mihama nuclear power plant. Checks shown in photo were conducted at the No. 2 reactor at the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant.

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Memorial service held for 4 victims of Mihama reactor accident

TSURUGA, Japan - A joint memorial service is held at a funeral hall in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 14 for four workers killed in Japan's deadliest nuclear plant accident at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture on Aug. 9.

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Police investigate accident at KEPCO nuclear power plant

TSURUGA, Japan - Investigators walk to a facility housing the turbines for the No. 3 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama Nuclear Power Plant in Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, on Aug. 10, one day after a steam leak accident there killed four people and injured seven others.

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(4)4 dead, 7 injured in nuke plant accident

TSURUGA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama Nuclear Power Plant is seen (back) from the Suishohama beach with vacationers on Aug. 10, one day after a fatal steam leakage accident occurred at the plant.

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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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(1)High court nullifies approval of Monju reactor

KANAZAWA, Japan - Plaintiffs enter the Nagoya High Court's Kanazawa branch Jan. 27, the same day the court nullified the government's approval of the trouble-plagued Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, to effectively keep it shut down. The plaintiffs said shortcomings in the government's safety screenings before construction of the reactor were responsible for a massive sodium coolant leak at the plant in 1995.