These articles cover a range of safety issues - accidents, terror response, earthquakes, scandals, etc. - as they relate to the Japanese nuclear industry. (Click here for animated diagrams of nuclear reactors.)

Major Accidents		Earthquakes		Terror Response
General Articles				Other Resources

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Major accidents

Articles about JCO Criticality Accident

Articles about Mihama-3 Accident

Citizens' Action in Response to Radiation from Chernobyl - a report about the Japanese response to Chernobyl, written for the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.

Terror Response

Nuclear energy in Japan since 9.11: summary of responses by government and industry as at 31 March 2005

General articles

Tsuruga-1 and Mihama-1 to operate beyond 40 years (News Watch, NIT 133, Nov./Dec. 2009)

KK - 6 & 7: Unresolved Public Mistrust (NIT 133, Nov./Dec. 2009)

KK-7 Stopped Due to Radioactive Leak, KK-6 Begins Start-up Tests (NIT 132 September/October 2009)

Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Struck By Earthquake (NIT 132 September/October 2009)

Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant Struck By Earthquake (14 August 2009)

Major Incidents at Japanese Nuclear Facilities (NIT 131 July/Aug. 2009)

KK Nuclear Power Station 2 Years After the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake (NIT 131 July/Aug. 2009)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 Restarted (NIT 130 May/June 2009)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 7 Restart: Statement of Protest (8 May 2009)

Seismic Design of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant: a Historical Perspective, article by Philip White and Yukio Yamaguchi (6 April 2009)

KK-7: to restart or not to restart (NIT 129 March/April 2009)

Shika-2: Unjust Verdict! (NIT 129 March/April 2009)

The Future of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 (NIT 128, Jan./Feb. 2009)

Fuel Loaded into Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 (NIT 127 Nov./Dec. 2008)

Serious Crack Found in Ohi-3 Reactor Vessel Nozzle (NIT 126 Sep./Oct. 2008)

Major Incidents at Japanese Nuclear Facilities April 2007 - March 2008 (NIT 125, July/Aug. 2008)

KK Investigation Committees: the Debate Rages On (NIT 125, July/Aug. 2008)

Kashiwazaki- Kariwa NPP: Assessment of the impact of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake runs into trouble (NIT 124, May/June 2008)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa: Translation of Japanese leaflet by Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (English version published in Nuke Info Tokyo 123, March/April 2008)

Scientists, Engineers demand Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant be closed (24 February 2008)

Extension of Time Allowed Between Periodic Inspections of Reactors (NIT 122 Jan./Feb. 2008)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa: some things becoming clearer (NIT 122 Jan./Feb. 2008)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa: Stuck Control Rod and Other Problems (NIT 121 Nov./Dec. 2007)

Hamaoka Verdict: Passing Judgment on the Judge (NIT 121 Nov./Dec. 2007)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake: Lessons from the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake (NIT 120 Sep./Oct. 2007)

IAEA Releases Report on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (NIT 120 Sep./Oct. 2007)

IAEA Releases Report on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (NIT 120 Sep./Oct. 2007)

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake: CNIC Report (NIT 119 July/August 2007)

Rokkasho Update: Increase of spent fuel to be reprocessed during active tests. Fault directly beneath Rokkasho reprocessing plant. (NIT 119 July/August 2007)

Major Incidents at Japanese Nuclear Facilities in FY2006 (NIT 119 July/August 2007)

Nuclear State and Industry: Bottomless Depths of Corruption (NIT 118, May/June 2007)

Rokkasho Update: Earthquake safety and criticality design flaws (NIT 118, May/June 2007)

Malpractices at Japanese Nuclear Power Plants: Protest Statement by CNIC (2 April 2007)

"Not Again": Yet Another TEPCO Scandal (NIT 117, March/April 2007)

Shika-1 Uncontrolled Criticality Incident Cover-up (NIT 117, March/April 2007)

Advanced Thermal Reactor Fails Strength Tests (NIT 117, March/April 2007)

The Deepening Puzzle of Steel Used in Reactor Pressure Vessels (NIT 115, Nov./Dec. 2006)

Aging Reactors: Symposium in South Korea (NIT 115, Nov./Dec. 2006)

Hamaoka-5 Low Pressure Turbine Vane Takes Flight (NIT 113, July/Aug. 2006)

Major Incidents at Japanese Nuclear Facilities (NIT 113, July/Aug. 2006)

Shika-2 Verdict Demands Suspension of Operations: report on the Shika-2 verdict and the new draft earthquake design guidelines (NIT 112, May/June 2006)

Shika-2 ruling: 70 NGOs demand suspension of nuclear facilities (30 March 2006)

Damage and cracking in BWR control rods (NIT 111, March/April 2006)

A mobile nuclear reactor comes to Tokyo Bay (NIT 110, Jan/Feb 2006)

Onagawa reactors trip following Miyagi earthquake (NIT 108, Sep./Oct. 2005)

Significant Incidents at Japanese Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel Facilities (NIT 107, July/August 2005)

Rokkasho Reprocessing Facility: another leak from spent fuel pool (NIT 107, July/August 2005)

Pronounced aging of nuclear power plants (NIT 106, May/June 2005)

Cracks in Ohi-3 and Ikata-1: Companies' Responses (NIT 104, Jan./Feb. 2005)

Earthquake Zone: Earthquakes and Nuclear Safety in Japan (NIT 103, Nov./Dec. 2004)

Cracks in Reactor Vessel Head at Ohi-3 (NIT 101, July/August 2004)

Significant Incidents at Japanese nuclear facilities in 2003 (NIT 101, July/August 2004)

Sloppy Management at Nuclear Facilities (NIT 99, March/April 2004)

Leaks in Rokkasho Spent Fuel Storage Pool (NIT 98, Nov2003-Feb2004)

Looking Back Over a Year of TEPCO Cover-ups (NIT 97, Sep/Oct 2003)

Myth of TEPCO's Power Shortage (NIT 96, July/Aug 2003)

Rokkasho Reprocessing Facility (NIT 95, May/June 2003)

Data: Significant Incidents at Nuclear Facilities (NIT 95, May/June 2003)

All 17 of TEPCO's Units Shut Down (NIT 94, March/April 2003)

Revelation of Endless N-damage cover-ups (NIT 92, Nov/Dec 2002)

Fukushima I&II Damage Cover-up Data (NIT 92, Nov/Dec 2002)

Government Agency Proposes 'Defect Standards' (NIT 92, Nov/Dec 2002)

Mechanism of Core Shroud and its function (NIT 92, Nov/Dec 2002)

Insufficient Investigation: Explosion and Leak Accident at Hamaoka Unit-1 (NIT 90, July/Aug 2002)

DATA: Incidents at Nuclear Facilities (NIT 90, July/Aug 2002)

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