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GX Promotion Bill, GX Decarbonized Power Supply Bill Passed Two GX- (Green Transformation) related bills Japan’s government had submitted to the Diet overcame much opposition to be passed. The GX Promotion Act (Act for...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Who’s Who: Tsuchiya Kazuyuki, guest house manager fighting to save his town from a nuclear dump
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Tsuchiya Kazuyuki is the owner and operator of a small guest house in the Hokkaido town of Suttsu, population 2,700. He was born in Suttsu, and after living there until...
CNIC Statement: Japan’s Upper House of the Diet throws out the lessons of Fukushima in passing the GX Bill
31 May 2023 On 31 May 2023, the House of Councilors passed the “GX bundled bill,” including legislation to extend the operation period of nuclear power plants and to promote the use of nuclear...
CNIC Statement: We Resolutely Protest the Revision of the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of Nuclear Waste
— Amplifying mistrust and division; creating local flashpoints — April 28, 2023 On April 28, the Cabinet approved a draft revision of the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of Specified Radioactive Waste. The...
CNIC Statement: GX Nuclear Power Plant Bill Passed by Japanese House of Representatives After Diet Deliberations Full of Deceit and Fabrication
April 27, 2023 On April 27, 2023, the “Bill to Partially Amend the Electricity Business Act, etc. to Establish an Electricity Supply System for the Realization of a Decarbonized Society” was voted on...
CNIC Statement: Germany achieves nuclear power phase-out! A turning point in history
15 April 2023 On 15 April 2023, the Federal Republic of Germany finally achieved nuclear phase-out. This event marks the beginning of the end of the global nuclear age. It also gives courage to...
Stop the release of radioactive waste water from Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific Ocean~ Voices from around the world
On 13 April 2021, the then Prime Minister of Japan, Suga Yoshihide, announced that his government had authorized the release into the Pacific Ocean of over one million tons of radioactive wastewater from the...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 213 (March/April 2023)
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,...
Fukushima Now Part 1: Railroading the Contaminated Water Release is Unacceptable!
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Tokyo Electric Power Holdings (TEPH) had decided on a policy of oceanic release of the contaminated water, which continues to...
Fukushima Now – Part 2
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (Jun. to Dec. 2022) State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel...