Tadashi Narabayashi's Archives
August 26, 2024 While solar photovoltaics and wind power generation have been touted worldwide as clean energy alternatives to nuclear power, these renewable energies are now recognized as insuffi...
【#1165】Revise Regulatory Standards for Nuclear Power Plants
July 29, 2024 The Nuclear Regulation Agency at a safety review meeting on July 26 concluded that Unit 2 of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station that Japan Atomic Power Co. aims to restart in Fukui ...
June 10, 2024 On June 6 and 7, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) conducted an onsite survey on active faults at Unit 2 of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station of Japan Atomic Power Co. in Fukui ...
【#1132】Don’t Use a Tiny Scapegoat to End Renewable Energy Scandal
April 1, 2024 While solar and wind power generation has been touted as a safe, clean renewable energy alternative to nuclear power, the deficiency of renewable energy has been recognized worldwide...
【#1103】Expedite Restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Plant
January 9, 2024 On December 27, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) decided to lift a de facto operation ban for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture owned by Toky...
【#1078】We Don’t Need a Useless Science Council
October 10, 2023 On October 2, the certificates of appointment for new members of the Science Council of Japan were presented at the Prime Minister’s Office, inaugurating a new SCJ leadership head...
【#1049】Enact Anti-espionage Law to Prevent Technology Leakage
June 19, 2023 A Chinese researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), one of Japan's largest national research and development agencies, was arrested b...
【#1047】Ukrainian Dam Collapse Causing Nuclear Plant Crisis
June 12, 2023 The Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine collapsed on June 6, flooding its vast downstream area. The nearby Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces, has taken in coo...
【#1044】SDF Chopper Crash May Be Attributable to Metal Fatigue
June 5, 2023 On April 6, a UH-60JA helicopter of the Ground Self-Defense Force crashed in waters near Miyako Island of Okinawa Prefecture, killing all 10 crewmembers including Lt. Gen. Yuichi Saka...
【#1040】Japan Should Fundamentally Reform Nuclear Regulator
May 22, 2023 The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on May 17 decided not to lift the de facto ban on the operation of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigat...