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Hamaoka nuke power plant transformer unveiled

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press a main electrical transformer at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, during work to decommission two of its five light-water reactors.

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Hamaoka nuke power plant reactors shown to press

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press two reactor buildings at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, as work is in progress to decommission the light-water reactors.

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Tanks set to be removed from Hamaoka nuke power plant

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press two chemical tanks near one of two reactors at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, ahead of their removal as part of work to decommission the light-water reactors.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea end without decision on KEDO

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (R), Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau (C) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly greet each other before beginning a second and final day of talks on North Korean nuclear development programs. They ended the meeting without reaching agreement on the suspension of an international project to construct two light-water nuclear reactors in the North.

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Excavation for N. Korea's nuclear reactors to begin soon

SEOUL, South Korea - Charles Kartman, chief of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), holds a news conference in Seoul on June 4. Kartman said excavation works for two light-water reactors to be built in North Korea will begin this summer.

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Deal signed on N. Korea reactor project

SEOUL, South Korea - Desaix Anderson (L), executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and Choi Soo Byung (R), president of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), shake hands Dec. 15 after signing a turnkey contract to build two light-water reactors for North Korea. The signing ceremony at KEPCO's office in Seoul were witnessed by officials from the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU), the four KEDO board members.

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Demonstrators oppose introduction of MOX fuel

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Demonstrators march Sept. 19 in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, protesting against the upcoming arrival of two cargo ships carrying mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel. Under the ''pluthermal'' plan, pellets of MOX fuel will be burned inside light-water reactors to generate heat for producing electricity. The two ships will make their first of two stops in Japan on Wednesday at the pier of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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Trilateral talks on N. Korea end without decision on KEDO

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo Hyuck (R), Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau (C) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Kelly greet each other before beginning a second and final day of talks on North Korean nuclear development programs. They ended the meeting without reaching agreement on the suspension of an international project to construct two light-water nuclear reactors in the North. (Kyodo)

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Demonstrators oppose introduction of MOX fuel

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Demonstrators march Sept. 19 in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, protesting against the upcoming arrival of two cargo ships carrying mixed plutonium-uranium oxide (MOX) fuel. Under the ''pluthermal'' plan, pellets of MOX fuel will be burned inside light-water reactors to generate heat for producing electricity. The two ships will make their first of two stops in Japan on Wednesday at the pier of the No. 1 Fukushima nuclear power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co.

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Hamaoka nuke power plant reactors shown to press

OMAEZAKI, Japan - Chubu Electric Power Co. shows the press two reactor buildings at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 4, 2014, as work is in progress to decommission the light-water reactors. (Kyodo)

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Excavation for N. Korea's nuclear reactors to begin soon

SEOUL, South Korea - Charles Kartman, chief of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), holds a news conference in Seoul on June 4. Kartman said excavation works for two light-water reactors to be built in North Korea will begin this summer.

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Deal signed on N. Korea reactor project

SEOUL, South Korea - Desaix Anderson (L), executive director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and Choi Soo Byung (R), president of South Korea's state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), shake hands Dec. 15 after signing a turnkey contract to build two light-water reactors for North Korea. The signing ceremony at KEPCO's office in Seoul were witnessed by officials from the United States, Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU), the four KEDO board members.