Japan’s Plutonium Problem
Data shows a major stockpile Disposal solutions hard to find The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) recently released the latest data on Japan’s plutonium stockpile (please click here to view) the total of which...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Shared Dilemma: The Plutonium Problem in US and Japan
~Report on CNIC open research seminar with Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch On August 10, CNIC held an open research seminar with Tom Clements, Director of Savannah River Site (SRS) Watch, an NGO...
The US controversy over the possible adoption of “no-first-use” nuclear weapons policy — What is Japan’s involvement?
About the beginning of July 2016, the media began to report that the Obama administration is weighing the adoption of a “no-first-use” policy of nuclear weapons, which would limit the use of nuclear arsenals...
Japan and India: together on the wrong side of history
by Kumar Sundaram, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, New Delhi, India This year-end, the Indian Prime Minister will visit Tokyo and there are speculations that the India-Japan nuclear agreement will be finalised during...
Nuclear Reactor Restarts in Japan ~Utilities face costly and risky uphill battles
On August 12, 2016, Shikoku Electric Power Co. (SEPC) restarted Unit 3, an 890-megawatt (MW) pressurized-water reactor (PWR) at its Ikata Nuclear Power Station (INPS) in Ehime Prefecture. This nuclear power plant is situated...
Group Introduction: Beautiful Energy
by Jacinta Hin, Co-Founder of Beautiful Energy Beautiful Energy is a movement for peaceful energy born during the early days ―the summer of 2012― of the Friday protest against the restart of nuclear plants...
News Watch
Cabinet decides to scrap Monju At a meeting on 21 September, the Cabinet decided to decomission the Monju fast breeder reactor. The Chief Cabinet Secretary announced at the end of the meeting that an...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 173 (July/August 2016)
PDF Fukushima evacuees abandoned by the government Recycling 8,000-Bq/kg decontamination-generated soil wastes should not be permitted Evaluating the Safety of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plants The ‘Mokkai’ Accident Investigation Committee and Nuclear Power Safety Evaluation...
Fukushima Evacuees abandoned by the government
Lifting of evacuation orders means an end to compensation payments for evacuees After the Fukushima nuclear accident, some 160,000 people were forced to leave their hometowns and evacuate the region. Even now, some 100,000...
Recycling 8,000-Bq/kg decontamination-generated soil wastes should not be permitted
Soil and other wastes resulting from decontamination in Fukushima Prefecture are estimated to amount to a maximum of 22 million cubic meters (as of January 2015). The Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) plans...