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22 November 2022 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) revised its regulations for “Infrastructure Development Support Project Grants” at the end of October, doubling the maximum subsidy to prefectures with nuclear power...
November 15, 2022 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), at the 33rd Meeting of the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy on November 8, presented the...
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Plans for overseas smelting of a total of 125.6 tons of uranium ore with ion-exchange resin and other substances have been made by the Tono Geoscience Center and Ningyo-toge Environmental...
11 October 2022 On October 5, at a regular meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Chairman Yamanaka responded to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) proposal to eliminate the rule stipulated...
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Caitlin Stronell Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
By Kaido Yuichi (Attorney representing TEPCO Shareholders) A Nuclear Accident that Could Have Led to Collapse of the Nation Itself We succeeded in winning a ruling in favor of the plaintiffs on July 13...
Pedestal with Exposed Reinforcing Steel By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) Survey of the pedestal exterior in the Unit 1 primary containment vessel On February 9, 2022, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) and the...
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) After the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima in March 2011, the town of Futaba, located in Hamadori (the Fukushima coastline), became the only municipality in Fukushima Prefecture to decide to...
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) varies mostly around less than 35oC and no great changes have been seen....
The Atomic Energy Commission has released the amount of Japan’s plutonium stockpile as of the end of 2021. The decrease in the United Kingdom is thought to be due to nuclear loss. The main...
