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Germany shuts down last three nuclear power reactors

STORY: Germany shuts down last three nuclear power reactorsDATELINE: April 16, 2023LENGTH: 00:00:45LOCATION: BerlinCATEGORY: SOCIETYSHOTLIST:1. various of the Neckarwestheim nuclear power plant in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany2. various of the Isar nuclear power plant in Bavaria, Germany3. various of the Emsland nuclear power plant in Lower Saxony, GermanySTORYLINE:Germany shut down its last three operating nuclear power reactors Saturday night, putting an end to more than half a century of nuclear power usage in the country.The shutdown of Emsland, Neckarwestheim II and Isar II came shortly before midnight.After the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, Germany's nuclear phase-out was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022 under the leadership of former Chancellor Angela Merkel.However, due to the energy crisis, operations at the plants have been extended until April 2023.Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Berlin.(XHTV)

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in January 2014 from mountains in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, shows (from left) the Nos. 1 to 4 reactors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, almost three years after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster that triggered meltdowns at the plant.

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Tanks holding toxic water at Fukushima plant

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A worker dismantles a tank at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on Sept. 13, 2013. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, is storing in hundreds of huge tanks toxic water accumulating as a result of continuing water injections into the three reactors that suffered meltdowns. But water recently leaked from one of the tanks, seen second from left. (Pool photo)

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2 and a half years after quake

SENDAI, Japan - Combination photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Yotsukura beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on March 18, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake, with fire engines gathered to douse overheated reactors and spent fuel at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, and the same location on the beach about two and a half years later on Aug. 18, 2013 (bottom), after opening to the public for the summer season for the first time in three years.

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Leakage of highly radioactive water at Fukushima plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (R top) and numerous tanks (L bottom) containing radioactive water that has accumulated as a result of continuing water injections into the three reactors that suffered meltdowns. Tokyo Electric Power Co., the plant operator, said Aug. 20, 2013, that an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the water storage tanks at the Fukushima plant, making it the worst leakage incident from such containers.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Antinuclear rally in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A large antinuclear rally is held in the Nagatacho district of Tokyo, where the prime minister's office and the Diet building are located, on Dec. 21, 2012, the first since the Dec. 16 general election in which the Democratic Party of Japan suffered a crushing defeat, allowing the Liberal Democratic Party to regain power. The LDP has said it plans to make a comprehensive decision on restarts for all nuclear reactors in the country within three years, in sharp contrast to the DPJ, which pledged to phase out nuclear energy by the 2030s.

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Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts.

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Another reactor halted for checkup

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo news helicopter on May 18, 2011, shows the No. 2 reactor (L) of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. Kyushu Electric Power Co. halted the reactor on Sept. 1 for a three-month scheduled checkup, leaving only 12 of Japan's 54 commercial reactors in operation.

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Kyushu Electric president Manabe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe at a press conference at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2011. Kyushu Electric said the same day that its employee asked personnel at three Kyushu Electric offices and four subsidiaries to post online comments in favor of the resumption of the utility's two nuclear reactors for a local cable television program aimed at seeking support for the resumption.

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TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (front) bows in an apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. He said TEPCO aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while trying to achieve a ''steady reduction'' in levels of radiation leaks in about three months.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamashita, president of Chugoku Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coverups

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) hands a letter to Isao Nagahara, president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., at his ministry on April 20, ordering the company, along with three others, to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plant to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country.

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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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Kansai Electric to halt all reactors for safety checks

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji (R) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 13. He said that the company began scaling down the output of three nuclear reactors, the first step of its plan to suspend the operations of all its eight running nuclear reactors to check the safety of their pipes.

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Kansai Electric to halt all reactors for safety checks

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji (R) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 13. He said that the company began scaling down the output of three nuclear reactors, the first step of its plan to suspend the operations of all its eight running nuclear reactors to check the safety of their pipes. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Akira Amari (L) hands a letter to Isao Nagahara, president of Hokuriku Electric Power Co., at his ministry on April 20, ordering the company, along with three others, to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plant to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Tsunehisa Katsumata (C), president of Tokyo Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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Gov't demands stricter checks at 7 nuclear plants to stem coveru

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Yamashita, president of Chugoku Electric Power Co., speaks with reporters on April 20 after his company, along with three others, was ordered by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to conduct additional checks on its nuclear power plants to prevent the recurrence of data falsification scandals involving nuclear reactors across the country. (Kyodo)

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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5 years on: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan's northeastern coasts, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where three reactors suffered meltdowns following the natural disasters. Decommissioning of the plant is expected to take decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 years on: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan's northeastern coasts, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where three reactors suffered meltdowns following the natural disasters. Decommissioning of the plant is expected to take decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 years on: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami in Japan's northeastern coasts, shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where three reactors suffered meltdowns following the natural disasters. Decommissioning of the plant is expected to take decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 years on: Fukushima town remains evacuation zone

People offer flowers at the site of a building washed away by a massive tsunami in March 2011, in the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that triggered the wave. Because of its proximity to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where three reactors suffered meltdowns following the natural disasters, the town lies within an evacuation zone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 yrs since triple meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi complex

Photo taken Feb. 15, 2016, shows reactor buildings of the Nos. 1 to 3 units at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. The three reactors suffered nuclear meltdowns almost five years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation plan compiled for residents around Takahama nuclear plant

The Cabinet Office and three western Japan prefectures finalize an evacuation plan in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2015, for residents within 30 kilometers of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s idled Takahama nuclear plant. The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors of the plant in Fukui Prefecture have cleared new safety regulations set after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and are poised to restart operations, but a court injunction in April has banned Kansai Electric from bringing them back online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Safety reviews begin for restart of 3 aging Kansai Electric reactors

File photo taken in November 2014 shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the town of Takahama on the Sea of Japan coast. The country's nuclear regulator on April 2, 2015, began safety screenings of three aging reactors, including the No. 1 (L on the front) and No. 2 (R on the front) reactors of the plant, as the utility is seeking to put them back online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Safety reviews begin for restart of 3 aging Kansai Electric reactors

File photo taken in May 2013 shows Kansai Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the town of Mihama on the Sea of Japan coast. The country's nuclear regulator on April 2, 2015, began safety screenings of three aging reactors, including the No. 3 reactor (at top) of the plant, as the utility is seeking to put them back online. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest against nuclear power generation

People stage a protest in Fukui, Japan, against nuclear power generation on March 11, 2021, the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake that caused the country's worst nuclear disaster on record, when three reactors melted down at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.

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Kyushu Electric managers to stay on

FUKUOKA, Japan - Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe speaks during a press conference in Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2011. The utility announced a three-month, 100-percent salary cut for Manabe and Chairman Shingo Matsuo over a scandal involving the company manipulating public opinion in favor of restarting reactors at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture. The two top executives will remain in their posts. (Kyodo)

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Another reactor halted for checkup

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo news helicopter on May 18, 2011, shows the No. 2 reactor (L) of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture. Kyushu Electric Power Co. halted the reactor on Sept. 1 for a three-month scheduled checkup, leaving only 12 of Japan's 54 commercial reactors in operation. (Kyodo)

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Kyushu Electric president Manabe

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co. President Toshio Manabe at a press conference at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 6, 2011. Kyushu Electric said the same day that its employee asked personnel at three Kyushu Electric offices and four subsidiaries to post online comments in favor of the resumption of the utility's two nuclear reactors for a local cable television program aimed at seeking support for the resumption. (Kyodo)

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TEPCO aims to achieve 'cold shutdown' for reactors in 6-9 months

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata (front) bows in an apology at the end of a press conference in Tokyo on April 17, 2011. He said TEPCO aims to bring the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to a stable condition known as a ''cold shutdown'' in about six to nine months, while trying to achieve a ''steady reduction'' in levels of radiation leaks in about three months. (Kyodo)

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State-backed entity discusses Fukushima reactor fuel removal plan

A meeting is held in the northeastern Japan city of Iwaki on July 31, 2017, on how to extract melted fuel from the three crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors. During the meeting, the Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. said it plans to remove the melted fuel by partially filling the three reactors with water to cover some of the nuclear debris. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-year limit

Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Fukui on April 28, 2021, saying he had consented to a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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3 reactors to become 1st in Japan to operate beyond 40-yr limit

People rally in front of the Fukui prefectural government headquarters on April 28, 2021, protesting against Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto's approval earlier in the day of a plan to restart three aging reactors at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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Mihama nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken April 24, 2021, shows Fukui Gov. Tatsuji Sugimoto (L) visiting the No. 3 reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Mihama nuclear power plant in Mihama in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. Sugimoto consented on April 28 to a plan to restart three aging reactors, including the one in the picture, at two local nuclear power plants. The reactors will be the first in Japan to operate beyond the 40-year limit.

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Spent nuclear fuel removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (far L) speaks during a ministerial meeting on decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Sept. 26, 2017, in Tokyo. It was decided to delay the start of removing spent nuclear fuel left near two of the three reactors which suffered a meltdown at the Fukushima complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spent nuclear fuel removal at Fukushima plant to be delayed

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (far L) speaks during a ministerial meeting on decommissioning of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Sept. 26, 2017, in Tokyo. It was decided to delay the start of removing spent nuclear fuel left near two of the three reactors which suffered a meltdown at the Fukushima complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Preparation for safety-enhancement work resumed at Takahama plant

Photo taken April 13, 2017, shows the Nos. 1 (L) and 2 reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama power station in the Sea of Japan coastal town of Takahama, at which preparation for safety-enhancement work resumed for the first time in three months following a crane collapse accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't, TEPCO found liable for Fukushima nuclear disaster for 1st time

Photo taken March 10, 2017, shows the Nos. 1-4 reactor buildings (from front) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. The Maebashi District Court on March 17, 2017, ruled that negligence by the central government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. in preparing anti-tsunami measures played a part in the worst nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the plant melted down following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan. Three reactors at the plant melted down following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 6th anniversary of March 2011 disaster

Photo taken March 10, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan, where three reactors melted down following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo