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MOX Fuel Arrives at Takahama NPPMOX fuel rods arrived at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s (KEPCO’s) exclusive port at the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on September 21, and are meant for use at that...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Group Introduction: A SEED JAPAN
A SEED JAPAN (Action for Solidarity, Equality, and Environment and Development) was established in 1991 as the Japanese section of the international campaign to deliver the voices of youth to the Earth Summit (United...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 179 (July/August 2017)
PDF Oarai Plutonium AccidentTEPCO executives trialNuclear worker files lawsuitNews Watch Decommissioning Plans for Tokai Reprocessing Plant / Project Cost Estimate for the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant / MOX Fuel Shipped for Takahama NPP...
Disturbing Plutonium Exposure Accident
Plutonium Dust Release at Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s Oarai Research and Development Center Fuel Research Building At around 11:15 on June 6, 2017, a plutonium release and exposure accident occurred in an analytical lab...
First Court Day of TEPCO Executives Criminal Trial ~Description of the Hearing
The first court day of the case against former TEPCO executives Tsunehisa Katsumata, Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto for professional negligence leading to fatalities was held on June 30, 2017 in Tokyo District...
Ex-nuclear worker suffering from leukemia files lawsuit for industrial accident compensation
Developments up to the trialIn 2011, a 42-year-old welder from Fukuoka Prefecture nicknamed “Arakabu-san”1 went to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) with an ardent desire to help the people in the disaster-hit...
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Decommissioning Plans for Tokai Reprocessing PlantThe Japan Atomic Energy Agency applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on June 30 for approval of its plans for decommissioning the Tokai Reprocessing Plant. The plant is located...
Who’s Who: Atsuo Nakamura~ Actor/Activist
Actor Atsuo Nakamura rose to stardom when he played the hero in a popular TV drama series in 1972. In the drama, set in the Edo era, he played a lone-wolf gambler, whose pet...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 178 (May/June 2017)
PDF Collapse of Toshiba Evacuation Orders Lifted for more areas in Fukushima CNIC Statements on two recent legal judgements Group Intro: OhMAGROCK News Watch Takahama Unit 4 Reactor Restarted/Fukui Buddhist Priest Goes on Hunger Strike/TEPCO Making New...
Toshiba’s Nuclear Ambitions Crumble — Collapse of the Toshiba-WEC Alliance
A major Japanese conglomerate with a corporate history of 142 years is on the verge of collapse. The main cause of this crisis is huge losses incurred by its U.S. nuclear subsidiary Westinghouse Electric...