Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Create No Nukes World With Us
1. Introduction Even now, the level of public awareness in Japan of ‘nuclear fusion energy’ is very low. However the government and people in the field are continuing their steady behind-the-scenes moves to make...
The joy of the citizens of Suzu on hearing that the Suzu Nuclear Power Plant plan had been cancelled On Dec. 24th, 2003, Tohoku Electric Power Company officially announced that it was abandoning...
(696 KB) Abandoned plans for Suzu and Maki Nuclear Power Plants: the beginning of the end? On Dec. 24th, 2003, Tohoku Electric Power Company officially announced that it was abandoning its plan to...
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Operation Postponed for One Year Government Agrees to Tax on the Storage of Spent Fuel Mutsu City Council Does Not Approve of a Plebiscite Electric Companies to Give Away Huge...
By Mamoru Fukae (Kyushu Denuclearization Network) 17 years have passed since the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which sent shock waves around the world. While the tragedy of the accident is being eroded from people’s...
Since the criticality accident of September 30th 1999, the inside of the conversion test building, the site of the accident, has been closed to the public. In September, four years after the accident, JCO...
Japan’s first Energy Policy Basic Plan (“Basic Plan”) was decided upon on October 7 by the Cabinet. This plan is devised in accordance with the Energy Policy Basic Law (“Basic Law”), which was promulgated...
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced a decision entitled “Concerning the Basic Position on Japan’s Use of Plutonium” on August 5, 2003. The Commission took the view that, “In order to avoid giving rise...
On August 29 last year, an announcement was made about the long-term cover-up regarding cracks in the reactor shroud. Over the following year numerous horrifying facts have been revealed one after another. The fragility...
(436 KB) Looking Back Over a Year of TEPCOs Cover-up On August 29 last year, an announcement was made about the long-term cover-up regarding cracks in the reactor shroud. Over the following year...