Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center

News Watch 162 Sep./Oct. 2014 Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162

— Designated Waste Accepted for Interim Storage in Fukushima — Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning Facilitation Corp. Launched — Electric Power Companies Considering Decommissioning Old Reactors — Application for Review of Compatibility of Shika Unit 2 with New...

Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Yoshitaka Mukohara, A person who lives with nature and who stands against nuclear power plants with an easy-going style Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162

by Hiroharu Tsuzuki* Mr. Mukohara is top left. The sign says, “We cannot coexist with nuclear power” Yoshitaka Mukohara was born in 1957 in Hiyoshi-cho, Hioki City, Kagoshima Prefecture. After graduating from the Faculty...

Contaminated Water Woes at Fukushima Daiichi Is Seepage Control Possible Using a “Frozen Earth Barrier”? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162

The struggle with contaminated water  (Photo by TEPCO) The Battle to Contain Contaminated Water The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) has serious water contamination problems. Water injected to cool the nuclear fuel has...

Public Comments for the Draft Report on Compliance of Sendai Nuclear Power Station with the New Regulatory Requirements Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162

The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) implemented a “Call for Scientific and Technical Comments for the Draft Report on the Application for Permission to Alter Installed Kyushu Electric Power Company (Kyushu EPCo) Sendai Nuclear Power...

Report on the struggle of a Nuclear Power Subcommittee member: Government’s ban on release of video of deliberations and forceful subcommittee management policy Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162

The nuclear Power Subcommittee1) convened on June 19. As this writer was nominated as a member, I accepted the post with the intention of continuing to assert my anti-nuclear position at the committee meetings....

News Watch 161 July/Aug. 2014

— All Towns and Villages of Fukushima Prefecture Call for Decommissioning of All Nuclear Reactors in the Prefecture — Complete Liberalization  of Retail Electricity Sales — Members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority to Change — Tohoku Electric Power...