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Nuclear power in Japan

Index Nuclear power in Japan

Prior to the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%. [1]

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Advanced boiling water reactor

The advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR) is a Generation III boiling water reactor.

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Anti-nuclear power movement in Japan

Long one of the world’s most committed promoters of civilian nuclear power, Japan's nuclear industry was not hit as hard by the effects of the 1979 Three Mile Island accident (USA) or the 1986 Chernobyl disaster (USSR) as some other countries.

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ASTRID (reactor)

ASTRID (Advanced Sodium Technological Reactor for Industrial Demonstration) is a 600 MW sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor (Generation IV) project, proposed by the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA).

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Atmea

Atmea is a joint venture between Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and EDF Group that develops, markets, licenses and sells the ATMEA1 reactor, a new generation III+, medium-power pressurized water reactor (PWR).

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Atomic Energy Basic Law

The Atomic Energy Basic Law is a Japanese law passed December 19, 1955.

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Boiling water reactor

The boiling water reactor (BWR) is a type of light water nuclear reactor used for the generation of electrical power.

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Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (نیروگاه اتمی بوشهر) is a nuclear power plant in Iran southeast of the city of Bushehr, between the fishing villages of Halileh and Bandargeh along the Persian Gulf.

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CNIC

CNIC can refer to.

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Economy of Japan

The economy of Japan is a highly developed and market-oriented economy.

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Electric Power Development Company

The, operating under the brand name J-POWER, formerly, is an electric utility in Japan.

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Electricity sector in Japan

The electric power industry in Japan covers the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electric energy in Japan.

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Energy in Japan

Energy in Japan refers to energy and electricity production, consumption, import and export in Japan.

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Environmental impact of electricity generation

Electric power systems consist of generation plants of different energy sources, transmission networks, and distribution lines.

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Environmental impact of nuclear power

The environmental impact of nuclear power results from the nuclear fuel cycle, operation, and the effects of nuclear accidents.

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Federation of Electric Power Companies

The, or FEPC for short, is an industry organization of electric utilities in Japan.

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Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

The was an energy accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture, initiated primarily by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake on 11 March 2011.

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

The is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant

The, is a nuclear power plant located on a site in the town of Naraha and Tomioka in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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Genkai, Saga

is a town located in Higashimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, Japan.

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Genpatsu-shinsai

, meaning nuclear power plant earthquake disaster (from the two words Genpatsu – nuclear power plant – and Shinsai – earthquake disaster) is a term which was coined by Japanese seismologist Professor Katsuhiko Ishibashi in 1997.

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Greens Japan

The is an established national Green party in Japan.

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Hokuriku Electric Power Company

The Hokuriku Electric Power Company supplies power by a regulated monopoly to Toyama Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, the northern part of Fukui Prefecture, and northwestern parts of Gifu Prefecture.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan Atomic Energy Agency

The is an Independent Administrative Institution formed on October 1, 2005 by a merger of two previous semi-governmental organizations.

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Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute

The Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (日本原子力研究所) (JAERI) is a former semi-governmental organization that existed for the purpose of further nuclear power in Japan.

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Japan Atomic Power Company

The is a company initially formed to jump start the commercial use of nuclear power in Japan, and currently operates two different sites.

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Japan Electric Association

The (JEA) is a membership organisation for the electricity sector in Japan and, although it has roots dating back to 1892, was founded in October 1921.

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Japan National Route 6

is a Japanese highway from Tokyo to Sendai that goes through the cities Mito, Iwaki and Sōma.

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Japan nuclear

Japan nuclear may refer to.

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Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute

The Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) was formed in October 1998 to develop advanced nuclear energy technology to complete the nuclear fuel cycle, particularly fast breeder reactors, advanced reprocessing, plutonium fuel fabrication and high-level radioactive waste management.

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Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited

Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.

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Japanese Atomic Energy Commission

The was established in 1956 and serves as the regulatory body for nuclear power in Japan.

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Japanese general election, 2017

The took place on 22 October 2017.

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Japanese Nuclear Safety Commission

Japan's was a commission established within the Cabinet of Japan as an independent agency to play the main role in nuclear safety administration.

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Japanese nuclear weapon program

The Japanese program to develop nuclear weapons was conducted during World War II.

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Jōyō (nuclear reactor)

is a test sodium-cooled fast reactor located in Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan, operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency.

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Junichiro Koizumi

is a Japanese politician who was the 56th Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006.

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Kan Cabinet

The Kan Cabinet was the cabinet governing Japan from June 2010 to September 2011 under the leadership of Prime Minister Naoto Kan, who came into power after winning the DPJ presidential election in June 2010.

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Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant

The is a large, modern (housing the world's first ABWR) nuclear power plant on a 4.2-square-kilometer (1,038 acres) site including land in the towns of Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture, Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan, from where it gets cooling water.

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Katsuhiko Ishibashi

is a professor in the Research Center for Urban Safety and Security in the Graduate School of Science at Kobe University, Japan and a seismologist who has written extensively in the areas of seismicity and seismotectonics in and around the Japanese Islands.

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Kiyoo Mogi

Dr.

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Kudo-kai

The is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 630 active members.

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Kyushu Electric Power

(OSE: 9508) is a Japanese energy company that provides power to 7 prefectures (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ōita, Saga, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima), and recently, to some parts of Hiroshima Prefecture.

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List of Japanese nuclear incidents

This is a list of Japanese atomic, nuclear and radiological accidents, incidents and disasters.

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Mito Rebellion

The, also called the Kantō Insurrection or the, is a civil war that occurred in the area of Mito Domain in Japan between May 1864 and January 1865.

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Monju Nuclear Power Plant

is a Japanese sodium-cooled fast reactor, located in Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant, Fukui Prefecture.

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Noda Cabinet

The Noda Cabinet governed Japan from September 2011 to December 2012 under the leadership of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, who came into power after winning the DPJ presidential election in September 2011.

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Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency

The was a Japanese nuclear regulatory and oversight branch of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

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Nuclear decommissioning

Nuclear decommissioning is the process whereby a nuclear facility is dismantled to the point that it no longer requires measures for radiation protection.

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Nuclear energy policy by country

National nuclear energy policy is a national policy concerning some or all aspects of nuclear energy, such as mining for nuclear fuel, extraction and processing of nuclear fuel from the ore, generating electricity by nuclear power, enriching and storing spent nuclear fuel and nuclear fuel reprocessing.

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Nuclear power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power plant.

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Nuclear power in India

Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power.

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Nuclear power in Japan

Prior to the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, Japan had generated 30% of its electrical power from nuclear reactors and planned to increase that share to 40%.

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Nuclear power in Taiwan

Nuclear power in Taiwan accounts for 5,028 MWe of capacity by means of 3 active plants and 6 reactors, which makes up around 8.1% of its national energy consumption, and 19% of its electricity generation as of 2015.

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Outline of Japan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan: Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean.

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Outline of nuclear power

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to nuclear power: Nuclear power – the use of sustained nuclear fission to generate heat and electricity.

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Peak uranium

Peak uranium is the point in time that the maximum global uranium production rate is reached.

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Sanshiro Kume

was a radiochemist who lectured at Osaka University.

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Shikishima-class patrol vessel

The is a class of PLH type patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG; former Maritime Safety Agency, MSA).

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Shikoku Electric Power

The is the electric provider for the 4 prefectures of the Shikoku island in Japan with few exceptions.

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Takashi Mukaibo

was a Japanese chemist and nuclear engineer.

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Tohoku Electric Power

is an electric utility, servicing 7.6 million individual and corporate customers in six prefectures in Tōhoku region plus Niigata Prefecture.

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Tokaimura nuclear accident

There have been two Tokaimura nuclear accidents at the nuclear facility at Tōkai, Ibaraki.

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Tokyo Electric Power Company

, also known as or TEPCO, is a Japanese electric utility holding company servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture.

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Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT)

The Transient Reactor Test Facility (TREAT) is an air-cooled, graphite moderated, thermal spectrum test nuclear reactor designed to test reactor fuels and structural materials.

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United States-Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan

The United States-Japan Joint Nuclear Energy Action Plan is a bilateral agreement aimed at putting in place a framework for the joint research and development of nuclear energy technology.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Japan

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