Fukushima and the ‘Recovery Olympics’
by Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) The Japanese government’s so-called ‘Recovery Olympics’ are looking sicker by the day. Even PM Abe has finally begun to hint that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead...
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by Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) The Japanese government’s so-called ‘Recovery Olympics’ are looking sicker by the day. Even PM Abe has finally begun to hint that the Olympics may not be able to go ahead...
March 11, 2020 The anguish of a mother who evacuated to Niigata, fleeing the nuclear accident with her two children, a one-year-old and a three-year-old, comes across clearly. The elder child is now about...
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, Tony...
by Kimura Shinzo, Laboratory of International Epidemiology, Dokkyo Medical University Introduction Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on October 12, 2019, wreaking enormous damage across the nation. Fukushima Prefecture was particularly hard hit, where damage...
By Shinohara Hironori, Sendai Nuclear Problem Research Group The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has approved the inspection draft for the Unit 2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (ONPS) in...
by Kamisawa Chihiro, CNIC staff More than one hundred meetings to discuss compliance of the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility with the new regulatory standards have now been held since they began on January...
by Nishio Baku, CNIC Co-Director The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided at a meeting on 27 February 2019 that the ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ which they had released annually up until last...
Temporary Injunction against Resumed Operation of Ikata Unit 3 Reactor The Hiroshima High Court issued a provisional decision on January 17 forbidding operation of the Unit 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata...
Collective Database of Citizens’ Radioactivity Measuring Labs by Nakamura Nahoko, Secretariat, Everyone’s Data Site Compiling the radioactivity data measured by citizens’ labs throughout Japan, Everyone’s Data Site allows users to...
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, Tony...