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Tropical storm Nangka hits western Japan
Japan Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 17:27 UTC-4
Severe
tropical storm Nangka is bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall
to wide areas across western Japan after making landfall late Thursday.
Municipalities
in those areas are advising more than 360,000 people to evacuate. Air
traffic to and from the region has been severely disrupted.
Japan's
meteorological agency says Nangka was downgraded from a typhoon after it
made landfall at 11 PM in Kochi Prefecture on the Pacific coast of the
Shikoku region. It is heading north at 20 kilometers an hour, cutting
through western Japan.
The storm's central atmospheric pressure is 980 hpa as of 5 AM Friday. It is packing gusts of up to 144 kilometers an hour.
In some areas of Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula, more than 500 millimeters of rainfall has been recorded.
As
of 5 AM Friday, about 360,000 people from 9 prefectures were advised to
find alternate shelter. 31 people in 13 prefectures have been injured.
217 flights were cancelled on Thursday. An additional 126 flights on Friday have also been cancelled.
The meteorological agency warns of further torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding, as well as tidal waves.
Panel: Fault under nuclear reactor may have moved
Nuclear & Energy Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 19:47 UTC-4
A
panel of experts will present a draft of a report on a fault running
under a nuclear reactor in central Japan on Friday. Its findings could
lead to the possible decommissioning of the reactor.
The panel plans to disclose the draft at a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, on Friday.
The
report deals with a fault under the No.1 reactor at the Shika nuclear
power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, operated by Hokuriku Electric Power
Company.
It says there is no clear evidence that the fault called S-1
is active. But it also says the strata above the northwestern part of
the fault may have moved after a geological period called the Late
Pleistocene. That's between 120,000 and 130,000 years ago.
The experts cite a sketch of the strata drawn before the reactor's construction as well as simulations involving nearby faults.
The
draft says strata believed to have accumulated after the Late
Pleistocene period may have slid because of movement in the fault.
Japan's
new regulations ban constructing reactor buildings and other key
nuclear plant facilities above a fault that may have moved after the
Late Pleistocene period.
The reactor could be scrapped if the expert panel and the NRA determine that the fault could be potentially active.
Japan adopts energy mix plan
Nuclear & Energy Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 08:48 UTC-4
An
expert panel in Japan has approved a government plan that sets out how
the country should meet its energy needs by the year 2030.
The panel endorsed the energy mix plan at a meeting on Thursday.
By
fiscal 2030 Japan will take between 20 and 22 percent of its power from
nuclear plants, down from more than 28 percent before the 2011 nuclear
accident. Power from renewable sources will make up between 22 and 24
percent, up from just over 10 percent in fiscal 2013.
Some panel members opposed the plan. They said it contradicts a government policy to minimize dependence on nuclear power.
Experts are focusing on what kind of support the government will offer to the renewables industry and nuclear power operators.
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Tropical storm Nangka hits western Japan
Japan Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 17:27 UTC-4
Severe
tropical storm Nangka is bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall
to wide areas across western Japan after making landfall late Thursday.
Municipalities
in those areas are advising more than 360,000 people to evacuate. Air
traffic to and from the region has been severely disrupted.
Japan's
meteorological agency says Nangka was downgraded from a typhoon after it
made landfall at 11 PM in Kochi Prefecture on the Pacific coast of the
Shikoku region. It is heading north at 20 kilometers an hour, cutting
through western Japan.
The storm's central atmospheric pressure is 980 hpa as of 5 AM Friday. It is packing gusts of up to 144 kilometers an hour.
In some areas of Shikoku and the Kii Peninsula, more than 500 millimeters of rainfall has been recorded.
As
of 5 AM Friday, about 360,000 people from 9 prefectures were advised to
find alternate shelter. 31 people in 13 prefectures have been injured.
217 flights were cancelled on Thursday. An additional 126 flights on Friday have also been cancelled.
The meteorological agency warns of further torrential rainfall, landslides and flooding, as well as tidal waves.
Panel: Fault under nuclear reactor may have moved
Nuclear & Energy Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 19:47 UTC-4
A
panel of experts will present a draft of a report on a fault running
under a nuclear reactor in central Japan on Friday. Its findings could
lead to the possible decommissioning of the reactor.
The panel plans to disclose the draft at a meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, or NRA, on Friday.
The
report deals with a fault under the No.1 reactor at the Shika nuclear
power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, operated by Hokuriku Electric Power
Company.
It says there is no clear evidence that the fault called S-1
is active. But it also says the strata above the northwestern part of
the fault may have moved after a geological period called the Late
Pleistocene. That's between 120,000 and 130,000 years ago.
The experts cite a sketch of the strata drawn before the reactor's construction as well as simulations involving nearby faults.
The
draft says strata believed to have accumulated after the Late
Pleistocene period may have slid because of movement in the fault.
Japan's
new regulations ban constructing reactor buildings and other key
nuclear plant facilities above a fault that may have moved after the
Late Pleistocene period.
The reactor could be scrapped if the expert panel and the NRA determine that the fault could be potentially active.
Japan adopts energy mix plan
Nuclear & Energy Jul. 16, 2015 - Updated 08:48 UTC-4
An
expert panel in Japan has approved a government plan that sets out how
the country should meet its energy needs by the year 2030.
The panel endorsed the energy mix plan at a meeting on Thursday.
By
fiscal 2030 Japan will take between 20 and 22 percent of its power from
nuclear plants, down from more than 28 percent before the 2011 nuclear
accident. Power from renewable sources will make up between 22 and 24
percent, up from just over 10 percent in fiscal 2013.
Some panel members opposed the plan. They said it contradicts a government policy to minimize dependence on nuclear power.
Experts are focusing on what kind of support the government will offer to the renewables industry and nuclear power operators.
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