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In April, the Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry’s Agency for Natural Resources and Energy announced the 2008 Fiscal Year Electric Power Supply Plan Outline. The Plan brings together the plans of all the...
The Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (PrepCom) was held from 28 April to 9 May in Geneva. I attended part of the PrepCom on behalf of CNIC and as...
No chance of completing the plant in May as planned The final stage of the active tests of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant began in February this year, but the high-level liquid waste vitrification facility...
On April 23 the Minister of Economy Trade and Industry approved the establishment of the Ohma nuclear power plant (NPP) in Ohma Town, Aomori Prefecture. This article is adapted from the first of a...
Since the July 2007 Chuetsu-oki earthquake, all seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki- Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (KK) have been out of operation. The Governor of Niigata Prefecture said that, when considering the fate of...
(980 KB) Kashiwazaki- Kariwa NPP Assessment of the impact of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake runs into trouble Full MOX Reactor to Burn Japan’s Growing Plutonium Stockpile On April 23 the Minister of Economy Trade and...
Further delay in commercial operation of Rokkasho Reprocessing PlantExplanatory meetings for restart of Monju Health damage from JCO criticality accident not recognized Rokkasho Uranium Enrichment Plant down to a single line Joint uranium exploration...
By Hiroshi Nakashima* In 1955 the Ningyo Toge uranium deposit was discovered in Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture where Teisuke Ishio lives. Ever since then, the local office of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has...
During February, there were several developments in Japanese power companies’ pluthermal*1 plans. Also, plutonium use plans for the 2008 fiscal year were released on March 7th. Problems with MOX fuel for Kyushu Electric’s Genkai-3...
By Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (Japanese Leaflet Released on 24 February 2008) (892 KB) Contents We demand that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power...