Category: Economics of nuclear power

NuScale’s plan for a small nuclear reactor, funded by JBIC, is cancelled, questioning the accountability of public financial institutions

A joint comment from CNIC and Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) 10 November 2023 NuScale Power, a U.S.-based company, has announced the cancellation of its plan to build a small nuclear reactor...

CNIC Statement: Japan’s Upper House of the Diet throws out the lessons of Fukushima in passing the GX Bill

31 May 2023 On 31 May 2023, the House of Councilors passed the “GX bundled bill,” including legislation to extend the operation period of nuclear power plants and to promote the use of nuclear...

M E T I announces policy to reduce 100 coal-fired electricity generation plants. But is this just an excuse to force nuclear restarts?

(translation of Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Statement released on 28 July 2020) On 13 July 2020, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy Subcommittee on Basic Policy for Electricity...