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150 tons of water could leak from Monju reactor fuel pool in major quake - The Mainichi Daily News

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:43:29 -0000

Up to 150 tons of water could splash out from the pool for spent fuel at the Monju fast breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, if a magnitude 7-level earthquake struck the area, a study has shown.

During the Chuetsu offshore earthquake that hit Niigata Prefecture in July last year, 8.5 tons overflowed from the fuel pools of the No. 1 to No. 7 reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture. The latest study shows that the amount that would overflow at the Monju reactor would be 18 times larger.

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Operations postponed at Monju nuclear reactor : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:55:14 -0000

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency announced Wednesday it would postpone until February the resumption of operations of the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture.

The JAEA initially planned to resume operations of the reactor, which has remained inoperative since a sodium leak in October 1995.

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Fuel brought into Monju nuclear plant : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Tue, 20 May 2008 08:56:42 -0000

FUKUI--Nuclear fuel was brought Friday into the Monju fast-breeder reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, which had been shut down since a sodium leak accident in December 1995.

The last time nuclear fuel was brought into the reactor was in November 1995, shortly before the accident.

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Monju reactor's future uncertain / Spate of problems likely to doom Oct. target for restart of operations : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:49:18 -0000

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Inspections ordered at Monju plant (The Daily Yomiuri)

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:24:12 -0000

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Active fault exists near Monju : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:38:38 -0000

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