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Past issues of NIT have reported on the fact that our Co-Director, Hideyuki Ban, is a member of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council. (Recently AEC determined the official English title. Previously we...
As discussed in NIT 104, a campaign has been launched against two nuclear bills covering, among other things, the introduction of a ‘clearance’ system for some low-level radioactive waste. The official title of the first...
(728 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 105 Report on National Conference to Stop Two Nuclear Bills …a campaign has been launched against two nuclear bills covering, among other things, the introduction of...
Supreme court agrees to hear government’s Monju appeal First fuel loading at Higashidori-1 All six units at Fukushima I stopped Procedures for reactor shut down during terrorist and armed attacks compiled Stop Press:...
By Teruyuki Matsushita* Teruyuki Matsushita teaching about the forest There’s an unwritten law which says that if you live near a nuclear power plant, it’s hard to do business if you oppose nuclear power....
CNIC frequently refers to legal issues in its articles about the campaigns being waged against nuclear facilities in Japan. We thought readers might be interested in some background on the various legal challenges that...
This article begins with a follow-up on the report in NIT 101 about cracks in the Ohi-3 (PWR, 1,180 MW) reactor vessel head, then reports on the cracks that were discovered later in the...
Protesting in the snow: Scenes outside the gates of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (21 Dec. 2004) Atomic Energy Commission endorses reprocessing On 12 November 2004 the Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) Long Term Nuclear...
(1 MB) Uranium Trials Begin at Rokkasho …with an estimated total cost of construction, operation and dismantling of 11 trillion yen, even supporters of nuclear energy are questioning the wisdom of proceeding with...