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In July this year (2004) the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) released figures relating to the radiation doses received by workers at Japanese nuclear facilities during the 2003 business year (April 2003 –...
Japan’s Plutonium Inventory for 2003 The government has provided information in various forms about Japan’s plutonium inventory for 2003. By following the links below readers should get the general picture, though the figures are...
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Project Further Postponed Operational Trials Commence at Hamaoka 5 Spent-Fuel Storage Facility Developments Still no candidates for High-Level Waste site Japanese Government to sound out the idea of an Asian...
By Yoko Yamanaka* With his base in the Kita Kyushu1 citizens’ movement and in his role as the secretary of the We Want to Live in a Nuclear-Free Kyushu Collective (now Kyushu Network Against Nuclear Energy), Mamoru Fukae...
On May 4th, during routine inspections of Ohi-3 (Fukui Prefecture, Ohi Town (see map), Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR), 1,180 MW), a build up of white powder was detected around the area where the...
by Hideyuki Ban, Co-Director, CNIC Recently I agreed to become a member of the government’s Long-Term Program for Research, Development, and Utilization of Nuclear Energy (Long-Term Program). I joined at the request of the secretariat of...
Repair work on leaks and faulty welding at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) currently under construction was completed in February this year (see map). Leaks in the spent fuel storage pool were found in...
On July 2nd a ship carrying a reactor pressure vessel left the Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture for Taiwan. The pressure vessel is destined for use at the second reactor of Taiwan’s No....
(1.1 MB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 101 Reactor Pressure Vessel Exported to Taiwan On July 2nd a ship carrying a reactor pressure vessel left the Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture...