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	Monju Bosatsu - Japanese Buddhist Deity of Wisdom and Education
		Monju was a disciple of the Historical Buddha, and represents wisdom, intelligence and willpower.
		In Mahayana traditions, Monju Bodhisattva supplants Shariputra, and is thus known as the "begetter of understanding." Monju appears prominently in the Manjusri Parinirvina Sutra, and is considered the father and mother of the Bodhisattva.
		In Japan's Tendai sect, Monju is enshrined in temple dining halls as a deity of the kitchen, and in Zen temples in the meditation halls.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/monju.shtml (2030 words)

	Monju - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Monju is a sodium-cooled, MOX-fueled loop type reactor with 3 primary coolant loops, producing 714 MWt / 280 MWe.
		As of 2006, Monju is closed following a serious sodium leak and fire.
		This coverup included falsifying reports and the editing of a videotape taken immediately after the accident, as well as the issuing of a gag order to employees regarding the existence of the real tapes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Monju (400 words)

	Nuclear Power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Since December 8, when the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor in Fukui Prefecture leaked an estimated two to three tons of liquid sodium coolant, scientists and administrators from the national government and from Donen, the semi-governmental corporation that operates the plant, have been busy dealing with the repercussions.
		Monju workers are cutting away coolant pipes to retrieve the 15-centimeter long sheath of the temperature sensor that broke due to metal fatigue, causing a large sodium leak and subsequent plant shutdown on December 8 of last year.
		With the fast-breeder program on hold in the aftermath of the December 1995 Monju accident, burning MOX fuel in light water reactors is an alternative way to use the plutonium in spent fuel.
	home.att.net /~jdurbin/Nuclear.htm (4575 words)

	Plutonium Investigation n°2: Japan
		On 8 December 1995, the secondary cooling circuit of the Monju reactor leaked 700 kg of molten sodium, the largest (known) sodium leak ever during the operation of a reactor.
		The Monju sodium leak was not a severe nuclear accident, since it did not involve the release of radioactivity into the environment nor the injury to any of the reactor's personnel.
		Monju and the reprocessing plant are two of the most important components of the plutonium industry in Japan.
	www.wise-paris.org /english/ournewsletter/2/page7.html (922 words)

	Earth Island Institute: Earth Island Journal - Spring 1996
		Monju's primary and secondary cooling systems are designed to carry 220 tons of the reactor's total 1700 tons of sodium.
		Monju (named by its builders after the Buddhist bodhisattva of wisdom) is located in Fukui Prefecture on the tip of the Tsuruga Peninsula, facing the Japan Sea.
		Monju is the only nuclear plant in Japan that required its staff to seek approval for emergency shutdowns from its main office in Tokyo.
	www.earthisland.org /eijournal/new_articles.cfm?articleID=395&journalID=59 (2104 words)

	Fugen Bosatsu - Japanese Buddhist Deity of Faith and Practice
		In Japanese artwork, Fugen and Monju are often shown flanking the Historical Buddha (Shaka) in a grouping called the Shaka Trinity (Jp.
		Monju is frequently depicted with a sword in one hand (to cut through ignorance), holding the Sutra of Wisdom in the other, and sitting atop a roaring lion (symbolizing the powerful voice of Buddhist Law).
		However, Monju was temporarily shut down on December 8, 1995 due to a leak of sodium coolant.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/fugen.shtml (1672 words)

	Planet Ark - Japan's goverment appeals against fast-breeder ruling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		A group of 32 plaintiffs, mainly people living near Monju, located in Fukui Prefecture, 400 km (250 miles) west of Tokyo, want the reactor to be permanently shut down, claiming that faulty safety assessments had led to the 1995 accident.
		Fast-breeder reactors were conceived in the 1960s with the objective of extending the resources of uranium fuel, but technical difficulties have beset the plants and caused many countries that initially embraced the concept to abandon their costly programmes.
		The Monju leak, which sparked a fire, plus other accidents at nuclear facilities, including a 1999 accident at a nuclear fuel reprocessing facility in which two workers died, have increased public mistrust in the nuclear industry.
	www.planetark.com /avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=19661 (479 words)

	Bangladeshinovels.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Categorising Monju Sarkar (b 1953) in the trend of popular fiction writers is not to disgrace him.
		Monju Sarkar has emphasised two main things in this novel: gradual change in our society in the early 80’s as well as the situation and migration of the Hindu people in and from Bangladesh.
		And Monju’s effort deserves praise because whom he has created in such a way has given the characteristic of a common man. For this Ronjit becomes incited to go to see obscene films in the newly arrived VCR of Samad, Haji’s son.
	www.bangladeshinovels.com /Monju_Sarkar.html (1316 words)

	Plutonium Investigation - Others News - 28/01/2003 - High court nullifies approval of Monju reactor
		In a landmark decision that ruled in favor of residents seeking a halt to the construction and operation of the nuclear reactor, the ruling supported plaintiffs' claim blaming a massive leak of sodium coolant at the plant in 1995 on shortcomings in pre-construction safety assessments.
		Monju is an experimental reactor designated by the government as a prototype for future reactor models that would play a key part in the government's nuclear fuel recycling policy, under which plutonium will be produced through spent-fuel reprocessing.
		The government spent a total of 780 billion yen on the Monju project, including 580 billion yen for building the reactor, according to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
	www.wise-paris.org /english/othersnews/year_2003/othersnews030128a.html (759 words)

	WISE NC: JAPAN: MONJU FBR TEST RUN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Monju started power generation and was scheduled to transmit electricity to power lines for one hour.
		PNC planned the Monju start-up last April but a pre-test run was shut down in March because of a problem with its steam control system.
		Monju was built at a cost of 590 billion yen ($6.2 billion), which is double the cost of a conventional, 500-megawatt light-water reactor.
	www10.antenna.nl /wise/438/4332.html (338 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The charm offensive launched by the nuclear industry to convince the public that Monju is the answer to the country's long-term energy problems and poses no threat, is slick and professional.
		Work on Monju, near the coastal town of Tsuruga in northern Japan, began in 1985 and the reactor reached criticality - the point at which a nuclear reactor is self-sustaining - in April 1994.
		The Japanese government has made Monju a key pillar of its energy policy because of the country's reliance on imports of declining deposits of oil.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/20B25B3B-5F20-4CDF-BA33-360E01FE7A29.htm (1071 words)

	Monju Bodhisattva (Bosatsu) Statues - Online Store Selling Handcrafted Buddhist Amulets & Statuary
		Monju symbolizes wisdom and the enlightened mind (realization), and is often paired with Fugen Bodhisattva, who in contrast represents meditation and practice (praxis).
		In Japan's Tendai sect, Monju is enshrined in temple dining halls, and in Zen temples in the meditation halls.
		In Hinayana traditions, Monju corresponds to Shariputra, one of the ten disciples of Shaka Buddha (the Historical Buddha).
	www.buddhist-artwork.com /statues-buddhism/monju-bodhisattva-bosatsu-statuary.html (888 words)

	Court Upholds Japan's OK of Nuke Reactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The Japanese Supreme Court upheld government approval of the Monju reactor Monday, May 30, 2005, paving the way for the reopening of a plant that was shut down a decade ago by an accident and cover-up.
		Environmentalists were outaged by the ruling, which overturned a 2003 decision by a high court to nullify the government's 1983 approval for the Monju reactor in Tsuruga, 200 miles west of Tokyo, court spokesman Takao Arakawa said.
		Monju went into service in August 1995 but was shut down on Dec. 8, when more than a ton of volatile liquid sodium leaked from a secondary cooling system.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/05/30/144276.xml (540 words)

	Japan’s nuclear twilight zone \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		The accident with Japan's prototype fast breeder reactor at Monju ended all prospects for building a second one--and in November 2000 the AEC indefinitely postponed fast breeder reactor commercialization.
		Construction of this plant began in 1995, before the Monju accident, and despite the widespread belief in Japan that it has been halted, the government has now spent more than $700 million on the facility, which is expected to cost $1.2 billion.
		After the Monju accident, a quarter of Fukui's population signed a petition opposing the reactor restart.
	www.thebulletin.org /article.php?art_ofn=mj01burnie (3119 words)

	asahi.com news
		The prototype Monju fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, will undergo central government safety checks after the Fukui prefectural government and the Tsuruga municipal government decided to approve them.
		The central government fears the nation's nuclear cycle development policy was jeopardized by a series of recent setbacks and has pressed the local governments to consent to checks, sources said.
		For Monju to resume operations, the reactor must undergo a series of central government safety checks, which last about one year.
	www.nci.org /0new/jpu-monju-as6501.htm (482 words)

	Shingon Buddhist Intl. Institute: Monju Bosatsu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Mañjusri Bodhisattva (Monju) holds in his left hand a sutra by which he dispenses wisdom to people, and in his right hand holds a sword for cutting off delusion.
		The figure of Mañjusrii (Monju) Bodhisattva is greatly endowed with wisdom, and in his right hand he holds the scriptures that confer that wisdom, while he also holds a sword that can cut off delusion.
		Mañjusri (Monju) Bodhisattva cuts off the mistaken ideas of the world as well as evil thoughts and actions, corrects the ignorance and delusions of people, dispenses true wisdom, and delivers joy to human society.
	www.shingon.org /deities/jusanbutsu/monju.html (188 words)

	Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
		In their campaign to put a stop to both plants, Clements and other members of Greenpeace, along with Aileen Mioko Smith of Green Action Kyoto and representatives of Tokyo-based Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, plan to be in New York during the May 2-27 U.N. nonproliferation conference.
		Their plan is to lobby member countries and hold public seminars on Rokkasho and Monju in a bid to get the issue put on the U.N. meeting's agenda.
		However, the Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court ruled in early 2003 that the government's 1983 approval of the Monju project was invalid.
	www.benadorassociates.com /pf.php?id=13502 (718 words)

	JAPAN Monju Thread
		This was because of the late startup of the Monju Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR) that was orignally supposed to use all that plutonium.
		For one, the plutonium destined for Monju was not diluted with uranium, hence has to be processed before it can be used as LWR fuel.
		Using the plutonium in the experimental FBR in Ibaraki prefecture sounds OK on paper but is completely pointless: That reactors was actually the precursor to Monju, the testbed for developing all of Monju's technologies but at a smaller scale and unable to breed more plutonium than it burns.
	www.joewein.de /jpnmon07.htm (755 words)

	Monju Karmakar : Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		That, in essence, is Monju Karmakar, a painter based in New Delhi, India, who is seeking her own self through the mystique of colors.
		As one canvas shows a woman balancing a crystal globe on her finger, perhaps seeking in it the synchronicity of life, another depicts the upward journey of human consciousness.
		Timorous brush strokes and a quiet intensity marks each of Monju's works, a painter who takes pride in her non-formal background.
	www.lifepositive.com /gallery/monju-article.asp (352 words)

	JAPAN Monju Thread
		The Monju accident probably was not from thermal stress only, as the reactor is too new for that.
		Monju already took ten years to build and cost $6 billion so maybe it became tempting to cut corners...
		Unfortunately if the Monju reactor runs out of control due to a major failure in its cooling system there is no emergeny cooling system to save the day.
	www.joewein.de /jpnmon05.htm (3137 words)

	High court hears appeal on Monju reactor shutdown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		High court hears appeal on Monju reactor shutdown KANAZAWA, Japan, Dec. 18 (Kyodo) - The Kanazawa branch of the Nagoya High Court on Monday began hearing an appeal by residents in Fukui Prefecture to permanently shut down Japan's prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor, which leaked coolant in December 1995, sparking a fire.
		The Monju was operating at 40% capacity when the leak occurred.
		The high court is expected to examine whether a risk assessment conducted by the governmental Nuclear Safety Commission before the construction was adequate and will assess the risks of future sodium coolant leaks and heat-exchanger ruptures.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/0012/msg00337.html (557 words)

	Gov., mayor OK safety clearance for Monju reactor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08)
		Kurita and Kawase reached the agreement on safety clearance for the prototype fast-breeder reactor that has been out of action since a December 1995 sodium coolant leak accident during a meeting at the prefectural government building, they said.
		Both Kurita and Kawase, however, agreed that safety clearance for Monju should be considered separately from modifying and resuming operations of the reactor, the officials said.
		Unlike regular light-water reactors that run on uranium, the Monju reactor uses an oxide mix of plutonium and uranium and is designed to generate more plutonium than it burns.
	www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/0106/msg00042.html (2733 words)

	TAMALE SOFTWARE INC. ... TamaleRMS Blog
		As we wrote in our last post, Monju is the framework for our growing suite of measures.
		Monju is a Java framework for JBoss that makes JBoss application server's internal states available for Nagios remote monitoring system.
		is also named Monju, but no association should be made to it (besides the vivid lesson in the importance of effective and detailed monitoring).
	www.tamalerms.com /blog (2539 words)

	WISE NC: MONJU SHUT DOWN AFTER SODIUM LEAK
		Japan's prototype fast-breeder nuclear reactor, Monju, was manually shut down on December 8, after 3 tonnes (NHK tv is claiming up to 5 tonnes) of sodium leaked from the cooling system.
		Monju, located on the coast of Tsuruga, northwest of Tokyo, is the world's second largest fast-breeder reactor and the cornerstone of Japan's ambitious nuclear-power programme.
		PNC hoped Monju would begin supplying electricity to the commercial grid sometime next year.
	www10.antenna.nl /wise/444/4392.html (423 words)

	Nights and Days of Pakistani Butchers
		I told Monju that we keep whispering to him that the military is gone and we are safe.
		Monju’s father said that they were certain that Pakistani army had killed us as he had witnessed the army operation from the window.
		As our house was in Nakhalpara (very close to cantonment and the airport), Monju, his father and mother were very reluctant that I should take the risk.
	humanists.net /avijit/26th_march/nights_and_days.htm (5312 words)

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