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March 11, 2022 Eleven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred. The difference between the time (lifespan) of radioactive materials and the time of human society has plagued us for 11...
Last December, Ontario Power Generation (OPG), Canada, announced that it will work with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy to deploy the BWR-X, a small modular reactor (SMR) designed by GE-Hitachi, by 2028. This is typical...
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...
By Nakamura Susumu High School Teacher, Fukushima City 陽炎や被曝者失語者たる我ら How the heat shimmers! Those who were exposed are left Speechless—that is we I am a high school teacher living in Fukushima City. I currently...
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....
By Takano Satoshi, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University The Moon Jae-in administration, by encouraging public debate on nuclear power policy in 2017, has reached a decision on a “nuclear...
TEPCO’s long history of safety mismanagement and Niigata Prefecture’s investigative committees By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Tokyo Electric Power Company HD, the largest electric power company in Japan, has ten nuclear power reactors...
Japan to Cooperate with America’s Fast Reactor Plans TerraPower, a US nuclear power development venture founded by Bill Gates, is planning to construct a “Natrium™” sodium-cooled fast reactor in the state of Wyoming. The...
(Interviewed by Caitlin Stronell, NIT editor) Following the meltdowns at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in March 2011, the government issued an order that all livestock within a 20 km radius of the...
Presentation by Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist, Greenpeace East Asia On 18 November 2021, TEPCO published its draft assessment on the radiological impact of their planned discharges of radioactive waste water presently stored at...
