Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog

Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 2. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: Problems of the Nagoya District Court verdict that did not face up to the risks of superannuated reactors

By Kojima Hiroshi (Plaintiff Attorney)   Nagoya District Court verdict On April 14, 2016, a lawsuit to decommission aging nuclear plants at 40 years was filed with the Nagoya District Court to prevent Kansai...

CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 6.

January 23, 2026 On the evening of January 21, Unit 6 of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KKNPS) (ABWR, 1.356GW) in Niigata Prefecture, which had been in shutdown since March...

CNIC Statement: Data Fabrication Found in Formulating the Basic Earthquake Ground Motion for Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station – We demand a thorough investigation and a comprehensive review of the past screening process.

January 8, 2026 On January 5, Chubu Electric Power announced that it had “suspicions that the selection of representative waves in the ground motion evaluation for the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station had been conducted...