Newswatch (NIT No. 173)
Operational Period Extension Approved for Takahama Units 1 and 2 On June 20, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved extensions of the operational periods of Units 1 and 2 (both PWR, 826 MW) of...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Book Review: Fukushima Radiation Will you still say no crime was committed? (NIT No. 173)
Fukushima Radiation Will you still say no crime was committed? – Statements by 50 Complainants for Criminal Prosecution of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Translated by Norma Field and Matthew Mizenko Available on Amazon as...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 172 (May/June 2016)
PDF Court cases associated with nuclear facilities in Japan Interview with Lalita Ramdas, Indian environmental activist Report on International solidarity symposium for exposed nuclear plant workers Group Introduction: NO to nukes...
Court cases associated with nuclear facilities in Japan (NIT No. 172)
As reported briefly in the last edition of NIT, there was an important legal victory for nuclear activists in Japan on March 9th this year when the Otsu District Court issued a provisional injunction...
Interview with Lalita Ramdas, Indian environmental activist (NIT No. 172)
Lalita Ramdas, a former board chair of Greenpeace International and a founder of Greenpeace India, is also a senior member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), an umbrella organization opposing both...
Report on International solidarity symposium for exposed nuclear plant workers (NIT No. 172)
A symposium on “The current situation of exposed nuclear plant workers in France, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan” was held on March 27, followed by an “International solidarity symposium for seeking the rights of...
Group Introduction: NO to nukes at Kaminoseki YES to Seto Inland Sea Nature Conservation Citizen’s Network (Kaminoseki Dousuru Net) (NIT No. 172)
Activities Kaminoseki Dousuru Net was founded in November 2009. In September of that year, marking 27 years since the Kaminoseki NPP construction plans emerged, the Chugoku Electric Power Company made a big push forward,...
News Watch (NIT No. 172)
Establishing a liaison for exports to China In an article dated March 23, The Denki Shimbun (a Japanese daily newspaper covering energy and electricity) reported that Japan’s nuclear energy industry had teamed up to...
Film Review: NUCLEAR JAPAN -4 years after/ Directed by Hiroyuki Kawai (NIT No. 172)
Hiroyuki Kawai is one of Japan’s top lawyers fighting legal actions against nuclear power. Apart from being a member of CNIC’s board of directors, he is the Co-Director of the National Network of Counsels...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 171 (Mar/Apr 2016)
PDF Impact of Chernobyl disaster in Japan Nuclear plant restarts and the pluthermal plan No Nukes Asia Forum in Iwaki No Nukes Day 2016 in Photos Who’s who: Yukiko Mukai by Shoji Takagi News...
