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World News | Japan's Nuclear Plants Are Short of Storage for Spent Fuel. A Remote Town Could Have the Solution
21 Aug 2023 22:58 GMT
… technical setbacks. A plutonium-burning Monju reactor failed and is being decommissioned … of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, many reactors were temporarily taken … ;s plan to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki has been stalled …
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Japan's Nuclear Plants are Short of Storage for Spent Fuel
19 Aug 2023 21:34 GMT
… technical setbacks. A plutonium-burning Monju reactor failed and is being decommissioned … of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, many reactors were temporarily taken … ;s plan to build a nuclear power plant in Kaminoseki has been stalled …
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MHI to develop next-generation fast reactor to power Japan
15 Jul 2023 17:19 GMT
… -temperature gas reactor.
Fast reactors are considered superior to existing nuclear reactors because they … developing a fast reactor.
The “Monju” prototype fast-breeder reactor, the preliminary stage …
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MHI to develop Japanese fast reactor
13 Jul 2023 08:01 GMT
… nuclear-related business.
The conceptual design work for the new reactor … experimental fast reactor and the Monju prototype reactor. Subsequently, … reactors with Framatome and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic … enable faster reactor development and …
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MHI to lead design and development of sodium fast reactor; operation in 2040s
13 Jul 2023 07:01 GMT
… type sodium-cooled fast reactor (incorporating research results … experimental fast reactor (Oarai, Ibaraki) and Monju prototype reactor (Tsuruga, … together with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), … will enable faster reactor development and the …
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Oversee Next-Gen Nuclear Plants
05 Jul 2023 07:20 GMT
… the development of safe nuclear power plants and achieve a balance … developing Monju, a prototype fast breeder reactor as a next-generation nuclear power plant, … the development of next-generation nuclear power plants and conducted public solicitation …
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Monju sodium to be processed in the UK
03 May 2023 15:23 GMT
… nuclear services company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract by Japan Atomic … Monju prototype fast breeder reactor (PFR).
The Monju FBR (Image: Nuclear Fuel and Power Reactor … to the Monju reactor."
… Monju reactor.
The decommissioning of Monju …
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Japan reverses nuclear phase-out plan adopted after Fukushima disaster
22 Dec 2022 08:51 GMT
… the use of existing nuclear reactors by restarting as many … approved by Parliament.
Most nuclear reactors in Japan are more … #47;1Ss65rxZmW
— World Nuclear News (@W_Nuclear_News) December 22, … closure of the Monju plutonium-burning reactor, Japan insists on …
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Defuelling completed at Japan's Monju reactor
21 Oct 2022 22:39 GMT
… Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has announced.
The Monju FBR (Image: Nuclear … Fuel and Power Reactor Development Corporation … fell into the reactor vessel during a … the idled Monju reactor.
The decommissioning of Monju will take …
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Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority marks 10 years since launch
19 Sep 2022 11:44 GMT
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on … country's worst nuclear incident.
The NRA, created … No. 1 nuclear power station, boosted its presence through its nuclear reactor screenings under … scrapping of the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui …