Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center

CNIC Statement: Data Fabrication Found in Formulating the Basic Earthquake Ground Motion for Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station – We demand a thorough investigation and a comprehensive review of the past screening process.

January 8, 2026 On January 5, Chubu Electric Power announced that it had “suspicions that the selection of representative waves in the ground motion evaluation for the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station had been conducted...

Who’s Who: Hara Asuka – a Rising Star in Niigata under the NPS Restart Crisis

By Kuwabara Mie (Hara Asuka and Kuwabara Mie’s NPS Restart Holdback Project)   In Niigata Prefecture, the controversy over the restart of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, whose operation...

CNIC Statement: Reflecting on “remarks” again – Regarding the moves toward restarting Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station –

On November 20, CNIC released a statement regarding the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. The next day, Governor Hanazumi Hideyo of Niigata Prefecture announced approval of the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS....

Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants – Part 1. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: An unjust verdict unable to grasp the warnings about brittle failure

By Shibayama Yasuko (The Group of Citizens’ Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants Over 40 years Old) Lawsuit to Decommission Aging Nuclear Reactors at 40 Years: An administrative lawsuit seeking...