Who’s Who: Yamanaka Sachiko
By Nitta Hitomi (Co-Director, Group of Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit Opposing the Operation of Chugoku Electric Power Shimane Nuclear Power Station Unit 3) I became acquainted with Yamanaka Sachiko in 2012. We were...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Overview of Water Treatment Secondary Waste Issues at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
By Masano Atsuko Work to clear up the mess from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (below, Fukushima Daiichi) operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, In. (below, TEPCO) has run...
CNIC Statement: We Strongly Protest the Government Proposal to Genkai Town to Conduct a Literature Survey
May 1, 2024 On 1st May 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) requested Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture accept a literature survey in the area for selection of a final disposal...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 219 (March/April 2024)
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, Mayu Takakuwa Translators:...
Group Intro: “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group
By Kitano Susumu, Chief of the plaintiff group We, the “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group, are committed to the lawsuit filed to terminate the operation of Shika Nuclear Power...
News Watch
Both Kanden and Tohoku Electric Power Co. to Build On-site Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities Regarding plans to establish on-site dry storage facilities for spent fuel at the Mihama, Takahama and Ohi nuclear...
The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Shika Nuclear Power Plant
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake At 16:10 on January 1, a severe, magnitude (Mj – Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale), 7.6 earthquake occurred on the Noto Peninsula on the northern...
Updates on the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial
Ido Ken’ichi, Attorney 1. Introduction I wrote about the filing of the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Suit in the March/April 2022 issue of Nuke Info Tokyo. cnic.jp/english/?p=5973 In this report I introduce how...
Statistics concerning the Crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Results of the testing of fish samples collected in the nuclear power plant port Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is collecting fish samples in the port of its crippled Fukushima NPS and in...
Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
(Oct. 2023 to Jan. 2024) By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) shows no great variation despite seasonal temperature changes....