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Suspension of Ikata NPP Operations DiscontinuedOn December 13, 2017, the Hiroshima High Court handed down a provisional decision to suspend operation of Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata Unit 3 reactor (PWR, 890 MW) until...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Who’s Who: Masakazu Saeki: Kyoto community leader and organic vegetable grower
I don’t recall when I first met Saeki-san. Perhaps it was when I saw him working hard as one of the organizing staff at the national anti-nuke rally in Kyoto… This was a two-day...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 186 (September/October 2018)
NIT No. 186 (PDF) Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated Soil F-1 Accident: State of contaminated water treatment & citizen reactions Ref. Material: Japan’s Plutonium Inventory News Watch Earthquake and blackout in Hokkaido/ Application...
Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated Soil
Recently, the contaminated soil recycling demonstration project in Harase district, Nihonmatsu City, was cancelled due to local opposition. There are still two demonstration projects being implemented in Fukushima Prefecture, one in Minamisoma City and...
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Current State of Contaminated Water Treatment Issues and Citizens’ Reactions
Seven years have passed since the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011. This report will provide a general overview of how the reactor decommissioning is...
Reference material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of 31 Dec. 2017)
On July 31, 2018, the Atomic Energy Commission published a report on management of the plutonium stockpiles held by Japan as of the end of 2017. Japan’s stockpiles of separated plutonium stored in...
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Earthquake and blackout in HokkaidoOn September 6, an M6.7 inland earthquake struck the eastern Iburi district of Hokkaido, registering an intensity of 7 (the largest on the Japanese seismic intensity scale) at Atsuma Town...
Group Introduction: The Chichibu People’s Group Against Nuclear Power Plants
On the 12th of March 2011, just one day after the big earthquake and tsunami in Japan, my mother suddenly died. I went to my home country, Israel, and watched on TV from...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 185 (July/August 2018)
NIT No. 185 pdf Report on Third ‘Plutonium Delegation’ to US An historic moment: US-DPRK negotiations, extension of the US-Japan Nuclear Agreement and Japan’s plutonium stockpile Preventing restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa CNIC Statement on...
Report on Third ‘Plutonium Delegation’ to US: An historic moment~ US-DPRK negotiations, extension of the US-Japan Nuclear Agreement and Japan’s plutonium stockpile
From June 24-27 CNIC, together with New Diplomacy Initiative, organized a delegation of Diet Members to visit the United States in order to discuss Japan’s plutonium policy with US Congress Members and officials. This...