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Gov't eyes rule change to ease burden of nuke plant decommissioning

Kyodo News InternationalJune 1, 2013 01:30
The ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will consider revising an accounting rule for electricity companies to ease their financial burdens in decommissioning nuclear power plants, sources familiar with the matter said Saturday. A possible revision will allow multi-year booking of losses resulting from decommissioning instead of single-year booking under the current rule, according to the sources.

Iran nuclear impasse to dominate IAEA board meeting

Agence France-PresseMay 31, 2013 22:30
Iran's defiant expansion of its nuclear programme and 10 failed meetings with the IAEA will dominate a gathering of the UN body's board starting Monday, diplomats and analysts said. The 35 nations that make up the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency's rotating board of governors were expected to refrain however from passing a resolution condemning the Islamic republic.

Fukushima fishermen forced to test fish for radiation

May 31, 2013 17:47
By Antoni Slodkowski HISANOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Dozens of crabs, three small sharks and scores of fish thump on the slippery deck of the fishing boat True Prosperity as captain Shohei Yaoita lands his latest haul, another catch headed not for the dinner table but for radioactive testing. Japan's government banned commercial fishing in this area, some 200 km (125 miles) northeast of Tokyo, after a devastating 2011 tsunami and the reactor meltdowns and explosions that followed at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant.

No rise in cancer seen from Japan's nuclear disaster-UN

May 31, 2013 11:02
By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA (Reuters) - The evacuation of tens of thousands of people helped prevent rising cancer rates and other health problems after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, the world's worst in 25 years, U.N. scientists said on Friday. Radiation exposure following the reactor meltdowns more than two years ago did not cause any immediate health effects, the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) said after its annual meeting.

Official says UAE reactors free of faulty cables

Yonhap News AgencyMay 31, 2013 05:00
SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- The four nuclear reactors being constructed by South Korean firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are completely safe from faulty parts that recently caused the shutdown of two reactors in South Korea, officials said Friday. According to officials from the Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), the local supplier of faulty control cables used in at least six nuclear reactors here had sought to take part in the UAE deal. However, the company, JS Cable, was eliminated after only the first round of bidding.

S. Korea PM vows tough penalties over reactor scam

Agence France-PresseMay 31, 2013 01:00
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-Won vowed Friday to mete out severe penalties to anyone involved in a forged documentation scandal that has shut down a host of nuclear reactors. "It is a grave crime that angers both heaven and human beings," Chung told officials at a government policy coordination meeting. South Korea shut down two reactors Tuesday and delayed the scheduled start of operations at two more, prompting government warnings of "unprecedented" power shortages.

Uranium giants Cameco, Areva reach deal with northern Saskatchewan First Nation

The Canadian PressMay 30, 2013 16:46
PATUANAK, Sask. - Uranium giants Cameco and Areva have reached a $600-million deal with a Saskatchewan First Nation that supports their mining operations and drops a lawsuit over land near the proposed Millennium project. The collaborative agreement is with the English River First Nation, a band of more than 1,000 people who live on seven small reserves in the province's northwest. Another 400 people live off-reserve.

Regulators effectively ban Monju reactor from restarting

Kyodo News InternationalMay 30, 2013 02:15
The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Thursday issued an order that effectively prohibits the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor from restarting until the operator improves its safety management system. The move came after the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, a national research institute, was found last year to have failed to conduct inspections at appropriate intervals on nearly 10,000 devices at the reactor in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan.

Prosecution sets up task force on nuclear reactor scandal

Yonhap News AgencyMay 30, 2013 01:30
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors launched a task force on Thursday to look into claims that the safety certificates of components used in local nuclear reactors have been forged, officials said. The move comes two days after the government halted the operation of two nuclear reactors while delaying the scheduled operation of two others as substandard control cables supplied under fake quality warranties had been used in the reactors.

S. Korea mulling options to beef up inspection of components in nuclear reactors

Yonhap News AgencyMay 29, 2013 23:48
SEOUL, May 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is considering directly verifying safety certificates of components to be used in nuclear reactors as part of its efforts to strengthen inspection of the reactors, officials said Thursday. The move comes two days after South Korea switched off two nuclear reactors while delaying the scheduled operation of two others for substandard parts used in the reactors. The latest scandal occurred as the South Korean government did not verify safety certificates of components foreign testing agencies issued to their South Korean counterparts.
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