Nuke Info Tokyo 1993

NUKE INFO TOKYO 38 (Nov. /Dec. 1993)

• Stop MONJU Nationwide Rally
• N-Weapons Used As Bargaining Chips in Asia
• Japan’s Plutonium Surplus Increasing
• “From PA (Public Acceptance) to PD (Public Decision)”
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – No Nukes Asia Forum Japan
• News Watch
  — Japan Votes for Total Ban on Sea Dumping of R-Waste
  — Power Companies Donating to LDP
  — Plutonium Fuel Loading Starts
  — Strong Opposition to Feasibility Study for Kushima
  — Japanese MPs Urged to Renegotiate THORP Contract

NUKE INFO TOKYO 37 (Sept. /Oct. 1993)

• Plutonium Debate Held
• More Transparency in Nuclear Policy!
• Aging of Tokai I Arouses Concern
• Japanese Citizens Speak Out on THORP
• Japan EXIM Bank to Fund Nuclear Project in Indonesia
• Workers’ Exposure and Waste Data
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Tetsuen Nakajima
• News Watch
  — Tomari N-Plant Continued Operation Despite Big Earthquake
  — Radiation-Contaminated Scrap Concrete to be Buried
  — South Pacific Nations Remain Concerned about Japanese Pu Shipments

NUKE INFO TOKYO 36 (July /Aug. 1993)

• No Nukes Asia Forum
• G7 Fails to Declare Strong Non-Proliferation Stand
• Muto Avers Japan Must have “Will”
• Monju Delayed Again Because of Fuel Fabrication Troubles
• THORP’s Future in the Hands of the Japanese?
• Radioactive Contaminated Buildings in Taiwan
• News Watch
  — Kushima to Accept N-Plant?
  — National Mayors’ Council Alert on Transport of Nuclear Fuel
  — Tohoku Electric Submits Classified Documents to Court
  — ABWR Proposed for Shika2
  — Safety of Aged Reactors to be Reviewed

NUKE INFO TOKYO 35 (May /June 1993)

• Rad-Waste Dumped in Sea of Japan
• MITI’s Pro-Plutonium Ad
• Help Stop FNPP in Taiwan!
• Nuclear Workers At Risk of Exposure
• Significant Incidents at Nuclear Plants – (Aug. – Dec.1992)
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Group of Plaintiffs to Stop Takahama 2
• News Watch
  — Spent Fuel Storage Pool to be Constructed
  — 5 New Nuclear Plants Added
  — Overstaffed Nuclear Divisions
  — Mayors in Chiba Alert on N-Fuel Transports
  — Unjustifiable Election in Suzu

NUKE INFO TOKYO 34 (Mar. /Apr. 1993)

• Aomori Rejects N-Fuel Cycle!
• North Korea Opts Out of NPT
• Referendum to Decide on Nuclear Plan
• Kansai Electric to Replace Old Generation Steam Generators
• Significant Incidents at Nuclear Plants – (Jan. to Jul.1992)
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Asako Hama
• News Watch
  — Worker Killed, Two Burned by Steam at Fukushima
  — Belgium Likely to Supply Mox Fuel to Japan
  — Extension of Tsuruga Plant Proposed
  — France to Return HLW to Japan
  — Pro-Nuclear Lobby Emerges in SDP

NUKE INFO TOKYO 33 (Jan. /Feb. 1993)

• Akatsuki-Maru Arrives Amidst Protest & Concern
• IMO Meeting Voices Strong Concern Over Japan’s Plutonium Shipment But No Resolution Adopted
• Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Construction About to Start Amid Uncertainty
• Significant Incidents at Nuclear Plants (Jan – Dec.0991)
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Nuclear Fuel Transport Monitoring Group
• News watch
  — LLW Disposal Facility Starts Operation
  — Radioactivity Inspection of Imported Foods to be Relaxed
  — Workers Exposed to Cobalt 60 Radiation
  — Nuclear Budget Ups PA Funding
  — Plan for a FBR Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plant Gets Underway