The historic criticality at Japan's Shika 1 has been provisionally categorised at Level 2 on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES). The rating defines the event as an 'incident'. No workers ...

TOKYO (AP) — A group of residents of towns near Japanese nuclear plants submitted a petition on Friday asking regulators to halt safety screening for the restart of idled reactors until damage to a ...

The shaking of the idled Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture during the New Year's Day earthquake slightly exceeded the estimated maximum levels, the Secretariat of the Nuclear Regulation ...

TOYAMA – The Toyama District Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to prevent Hokuriku Electric Power from restarting the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at its Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa ...

The Shika 1 reactor has restarted for tests after a prolonged shutdown following a safety revelation. The reactor is planned to operate commercially from mid April. The Shika 1 reactor has restarted ...

TOKYO, Oct 20 (Reuters) - (This Oct. 20 story has been corrected to show that Hokuriku submitted an application with a restart plan, instead of aims to restart, in the headline and paragraphs 1 and 5) ...