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(352 KB) Myth of TEPCO’s Power Shortage: Tokyo can Survive without nuclear power! Tokyo can survive without nuclear power! North American Power Failure TEPCO’s public relations section, even though we still don’t know...
National Meeting to Give up Nukes on June 7 Citizens and laborers, who have fought against nuclear power throughout the nation, gathered June 7 to appeal for the halting of nuclear power. The “Give...
On April 11, Tokyo Power Electric Co. (TEPCO) submitted its plan to construct an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuels in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture. Upon receiving TEPCO’s request, Mutsu set up a...
At the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) in Aomori Prefecture, a series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the storage tank and the defective construction work...
(764 KB) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant: Leakage from Storage Pool, Defective Construction Work, and Escalating Costs A series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the...
Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent FuelFNCA Meets in Naha METI Works Out New Preferential Measures for Nuclear Power Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent Fuel Kashiwazaki City Council (Niigata Prefecture)...
By Teruyuki Matsushita It was the beginning of the age of nuclear energy in Japan. This ‘dream-like’ form of energy was first produced at the nuclear power station on the Tsuruga Peninsula. It was...
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan All electric companies in Japan had completed the Electric Supply Plan for the fiscal year of 2003 by the end of March*. In these...
Since World War II, Japan’s electricity has been supplied under a monopoly system by a small number of large electric power companies.However, in 1995 the Electric Utilities Industry Law (EUIL) was revised and, for...
Anti-nukes celebrate the shutdown of 17 nuclear plants in front of the TEPCO building on April 15 Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc. (TEPCO) shut down all of its nuclear power plants (NPPs) for...