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Solar energy firm turns to plastics for safe energy storage Donite Plastics Donite Plastics, located in Saintfield, has been working with Project Girona, spearheaded by the Electric Storage Co., to design and manufacture security cabinets for in-house batteries where renewable energy is stored. As the popularity of solar energy continues to grow, one of the challenges that remains to be overcome is its relative lack of flexibility. The issue has to do with storage. Significant amounts of renewa...

The No. 1 and No. 2 reactors, seen in the background, at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear plant in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, in November 2020 (Asahi Shimbun file photo) When push came to shove, Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto went silent on his demand that resuming operations at three aging nuclear reactors in Fukui hinged on storing spent nuclear fuel outside his prefecture. Sugimoto announced at a news conference on April 28 that he was approving the resumption of operations a...

At 140 years, Grove City-based E.E. Ward is nations oldest continuously operating Black-owned business ThisWeek group A moving company plays a vital role for businesses and families, helping them as they move into a new location or a new phase of their lives. In central Ohio, one such company, E.E. Ward Moving & Storage Co., has carried that load for 14 decades – and its origins can be traced to one of its founders work in profoundly transforming peoples lives. John T. Ward served as a cond...

Mayor gives Japan’s first approval for restart of reactors over 40 years old, Japan Times, BY ERIC JOHNSTON, STAFF WRITER, Feb 1, 2021 OSAKA – The mayor of the town of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture granted permission Monday for the restart of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama Nuclear Power Plant, becoming the first local leader in the nation to approve use of nuclear reactors more than 40 years old. The Takahama No. 1 reactor is 46 years old and the No. 2...

Feb 1, 2021 OSAKA – The mayor of the town of Takahama in Fukui Prefecture granted permission Monday for the restart of the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama Nuclear Power Plant, becoming the first local leader in the nation to approve use of nuclear reactors more than 40 years old. The Takahama No. 1 reactor is 46 years old and the No. 2 reactor is 45. Kepco will now seek restart approval from the prefectural government. But with questions still unanswer...

The intermediate storage facility of Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co. located in Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture (Asahi Shimbun file photo) Utilities have revived plans to expand the use of an intermediate storage facility for spent nuclear fuel, but immediately objections were voiced by the same mayor who quashed a similar proposal two years ago. The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) on Dec. 17 formally announced that it would push forward with the plan to allow all utilities that ope...

Japan’s power companies consider opening up Aomari nuclear waste site to other utilities The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan is considering a plan for member power suppliers that have nuclear power plants to jointly use a temporary storage facility for spent nuclear fuel in the city of Mutsu, Aomori Prefecture, sources said Thursday. The Mutsu facility is held by Recyclable-Fuel Storage Co., which is jointly owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and Japan Atomic...

Waste from nuclear fuel must be stored for more than a million years/ “Salt can be present in the ambient air and environment anywhere, not just near the ocean. We need to be able to plan for extended long-term storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear power plants for the foreseeable future — it’s a national reality,” Sandia to put nuclear waste storage canisters to the test,   https://www.newswise.com/articles/sandia-to-put-nuclear-waste-storage-canisters-to-the-test, Scientists wil...

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