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by Masafumi Takubo, Kakujoho Website Operator At a regular meeting of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) of Japan on July 21, the AEC secretariat presented a report saying that Japan’s separated plutonium stockpile had increased...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 168 (Sep./Oct. 2015) PDF [3.0MB] Former nuclear plant worker Ryusuke Umeda’s legal action for workers’ compensation Important testimony discloses the harsh reality of the work environment in NPPs Reference Material:Japan’s...
Takahama Unit 3 Reactor Hustled into Pre-operational Inspection Former TEPCO Executives Face Mandatory Indictment Policies Promoting Return to Contaminated Areas Gaining Headway Decontamination Waste Stored On-Site at Over 100,000 Locations Fukushima Fishing Cooperatives Approve...
On August 11, 2015, Kyushu Electric Power Company activated Sendai Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 (PWR, 890 MW, located in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, commissioned in June 1984), and the reactor began power generation...
In 1979, Ryusuke Umeda was engaged in periodic inspections of the Shimane-1 and Tsuruga-1 nuclear power plants and suffered a myocardial infarction in March 2000. He filed an application for workers’ compensation with the...
by Masayoshi Naito, Facilitator of the Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition The Japan NGO Network for Nuclear Weapons Abolition is a loose-knit consultative body linking civil society organizations and individuals in Japan who...
On July 21, 2015, the Japan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) released the inventory data for Japan’s separated plutonium as of the end of 2014. Compared with the data for the end of the previous...
written by Hiromitsu INO Nuclear Power Plant Ageing Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo On April 30, 2015, Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for...
by Dr. David Lowry Independent environmental policy and research consultant, London, England; senior research fellow with the Institute for Resource and Security Studies (IRSS), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and a member of the Nuclear Waste...
State of the Plant Many of the measuring instruments installed in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) measuring system continue to malfunction as a result of the accident. Although there is no guarantee...
