Insurance Journal » Japan nuclear safety http://www.insurancejournal.com Insurance Journal delivers the latest business news for the Property/Casualty insurance industry Sat, 25 May 2013 03:50:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Japan Nuclear Agency Halts Test Reactor Over Safety http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2013/05/16/292262.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 16:20:58 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=292262 Japan’s nuclear watchdog announced Wednesday that the nation’s trouble-plagued next-generation test reactor will not be allowed to restart due to safety violations, dealing a setback to the country’s pro-nuclear government. The Nuclear Regulation Authority’s decision is the latest blow to …

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]]> Japan’s Clean-Up from 2011 Tsunami, Nuclear Accident Lagging http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2013/03/11/284180.htm Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:16:44 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=284180 Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as …

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]]> Japan Nuclear Plant Planned Review of Tsunami Risk— But Too Late http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/16/235671.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:37:36 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=235671 Four days before a tsunami devastated a Japanese nuclear plant, its operator promised a fuller assessment of the risk of such a disaster — but not for seven months. The disclosure in a three-page briefing paper obtained by The Associated …

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]]> Japan Reported Ready to Join Compensation Pact for Nuclear Victims http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/03/234055.htm Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:17:38 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=234055 Japan will join at least four other nations in a pact to help compensate victims of nuclear accidents in member countries, a newspaper reported on Friday, as it continues to grapple with the aftermath of the world’s worst atomic disaster …

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]]> Japan Governor Wants Nuclear Safety Pledge in Writing http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/02/233874.htm Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:01:06 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=233874 Japanese governor Tokihiro Nakamura believes nuclear power is vital for the resource-poor land, but even he says the central government must put safety pledges in writing before he’ll agree to restart off-line reactors — a sign of the tough battle …

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]]> Japan Cabinet Approves Cap on Nuclear Reactor Lifespan http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2012/02/01/233526.htm Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:43:50 +0000 http://www.insurancejournal.com/?p=233526 Japan’s Cabinet approved bills Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors. The approval came as a team of International Atomic …

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