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About the beginning of July 2016, the media began to report that the Obama administration is weighing the adoption of a “no-first-use” policy of nuclear weapons, which would limit the use of nuclear arsenals...
by Kumar Sundaram, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, New Delhi, India This year-end, the Indian Prime Minister will visit Tokyo and there are speculations that the India-Japan nuclear agreement will be finalised during...
On August 12, 2016, Shikoku Electric Power Co. (SEPC) restarted Unit 3, an 890-megawatt (MW) pressurized-water reactor (PWR) at its Ikata Nuclear Power Station (INPS) in Ehime Prefecture. This nuclear power plant is situated...
by Jacinta Hin, Co-Founder of Beautiful Energy Beautiful Energy is a movement for peaceful energy born during the early days ―the summer of 2012― of the Friday protest against the restart of nuclear plants...
Lifting of evacuation orders means an end to compensation payments for evacuees After the Fukushima nuclear accident, some 160,000 people were forced to leave their hometowns and evacuate the region. Even now, some 100,000...
Soil and other wastes resulting from decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture are estimated to amount to a maximum of 22 million cubic meters (as of January 2015). The Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) plans...
Worldwide there are currently 442 nuclear reactors operating in 30 countries. While other countries have no intention of competing with each other in this field, Japan’s government stands apart by declaring its regulatory standards...
Background In November 2015, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) submitted its recommendation concerning the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor (FBR) to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). In the recommendation, the...
In October 2015, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) made public its standard for certifying a worker with leukemia as having suffered an industrial accident and being entitled to worker-compensation benefits. The...
Hello, everyone. My name is Miwa Chiwaki. Today, I would like to introduce to you Ms. Ruiko Muto, the Chair of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Plaintiffs and one of the Joint Representatives of Hidanren...
