US EditionJapan Nuclear Plant Reports Triple Drone Intrusion
- Genkai Nuclear Power Station operators reported spotting drones Saturday, officials said, with Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority attributing the incident to unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Japan’s 2016 Reactor Act recently enabled extended operations past six decades, framing Genkai’s status, and two of its four reactors are being decommissioned.
- Authorities have not located the drones or identified their operators, Masahiro Kosho said, and no abnormalities or risks were reported afterward, The Mainichi reported.
- The NRA and police reiterated that drone flights near reactors are banned in principle, and an official called the incident `extremely unusual`.
- Last year, nuclear-generated electricity reached 88.87 terawatt-hours, the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum said, while Fatih Birol said `the restart of nuclear power plants is critical`.
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3 suspected drones intrude on premises of Japan nuclear complex
Three bright objects believed to be drones intruded on the premises of the Genkai nuclear power complex in southwestern Japan, the country's nuclear watchdog said Sunday, correcting its statement the previous day that drones had been spotted. The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Saturday it was informed of the incident by…
[NHK] On the night of the 26th, Kyushu Electric Power reported to the Nuclear Regulation Authority that three drones were flying on the grounds of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture...
Japan's national nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that three bright objects, believed to be drones, had entered the area of the Genkai nuclear complex in the southwest of the country.
3 Drones Likely Flew Over N-Plant in Saga Prefecture; Reactors Log No Abnormalities
Three lights that were likely from drones were spotted flying over Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, at around 9 p.m. on Saturday, according to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA).
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