No Nukes Asia Forum in South Korea
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The 20th No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held in South Korea for five days from September 19 to 23. This year’s NNAF gathering marked the 30th anniversary of the...
Author: Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (2022)
By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC) CNIC has compiled nuclear power facility radiation management data based on data published by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. * If we discount the harsh conditions of the decommissioning work at...
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Plutonium Recovered through Reprocessing of Fugen Fuel to be Transferred to Orano The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) reported to Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on September 19 regarding its policy for utilizing plutonium...
Group Intro: Lawsuit to Halt ALPS Treated Water Discharge
By Chiwaki Miwa, Plaintiff in Lawsuit Seeking an Injunction against the Release of ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water On August 24, 2023, the discharge of radioactive contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) began....
CNIC Statement: Government Advisory Councils are not bodies that are supposed to be setting up the NUMO Literature Review Report
21 November 2023 According to an article in the Hokkaido Shimbun dated November 17, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has learned that the draft of a literature review report on...
NuScale’s plan for a small nuclear reactor, funded by JBIC, is cancelled, questioning the accountability of public financial institutions
A joint comment from CNIC and Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) 10 November 2023 NuScale Power, a U.S.-based company, has announced the cancellation of its plan to build a small nuclear reactor...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 216 (September/October 2023)
18 September 2023: 8,000 people gathered in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo to demand a ‘no nukes, no fossil’ future. Read the details in this edition of News Watch. Photo courtesy of WATASHI...
The Fukushima Daiichi disaster and human rights—UN report highlights basic deficiencies in Japanese policy and practice
By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) Last September 26 through October 7, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, made an official visit to Japan to investigate the situation regarding...
All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste ~ Part 2: Panel Discussion and Rally Appeal
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Following the first part of the report of the May 27–8 All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste, which appeared in the previous issue of Nuke Info Tokyo,...
Reference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2022)
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) This report summarizes the major accidents and failures at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel-related facilities in FY2022. The data were taken from the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) reports based...