Fukushima and the ‘Recovery Olympics’
by Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) The Japanese government’s so-called ‘Recovery Olympics’ are looking sicker by the day. Even PM Abe has finally begun to hint that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead...
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
CNIC Statement: Nine years since 3.11 – Far away, but very close
March 11, 2020 The anguish of a mother who evacuated to Niigata, fleeing the nuclear accident with her two children, a one-year-old and a three-year-old, comes across clearly. The elder child is now about...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 194 (January/February 2020)
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Caitlin Stronell; Translators: Pat Ormsby, Tony...
Considering radioactive damage from typhoon Hagibis
by Kimura Shinzo, Laboratory of International Epidemiology, Dokkyo Medical University Introduction Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on October 12, 2019, wreaking enormous damage across the nation. Fukushima Prefecture was particularly hard hit, where damage...
Is it safe to restart disaster-hit Onagawa Nuclear Power Station?
By Shinohara Hironori, Sendai Nuclear Problem Research Group The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved the inspection draft for the Unit 2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (ONPS) in...
Responses to the Regulatory Standards for the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility Concerning Changes in the Fuel Conditions
by Kamisawa Chihiro, CNIC staff More than one hundred meetings to discuss compliance of the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility with the new regulatory standards have now been held since they began on January...
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY 2018)
by Nishio Baku, CNIC Co-Director The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided at a meeting on 27 February 2019 that the ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ which they had released annually up until last...
News Watch
Temporary Injunction against Resumed Operation of Ikata Unit 3 Reactor The Hiroshima High Court issued a provisional decision on January 17 forbidding operation of the Unit 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata...
Group Intro: Everyone’s Data Site
Collective Database of Citizens’ Radioactivity Measuring Labs by Nakamura Nahoko, Secretariat, Everyone’s Data Site Compiling the radioactivity data measured by citizens’ labs throughout Japan, Everyone’s Data Site allows users to...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 193 (Nov/Dec 2019)
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Caitlin Stronell Translators: Pat Ormsby, Tony...
Nuclear Mafia Exposed in Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden) Scandal ~ METI pleads ignorance of bribes and kickbacks driving the nuclear industry
by Ban Hideyuki, CNIC Co-Director Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden) has disclosed that 20 officials, mainly in its nuclear power division, received money and gifts worth more than 300 million yen from Moriyama Eiji,...
