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Japan’s Plutonium to be Handed over to France!? The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) signed a basic framework agreement with the French company Orano’s recycling subsidiary on March 30 regarding the transport and recycling...
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Group Intro: New Era Asia Peace Academy
By Takano Satoshi In addition to working at the Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center, I am also serving as a coordinator for the New Era Asia Peace Academy (abbreviated as NPA). Since June 2020, NPA...
CNIC Statement: We Strongly Protest the Approval for Oceanic Releases Granted by the Nuclear Regulation Authority
July 22, 2022 On July 22, amid a chorus of protest from the public gallery, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) application to change its plan to release treated...
Supreme Court Ruling Rejects National Government Responsibility for Fukushima Evacuees
By Fukutake Kimiko (Head attorney for the Chiba Prefecture nuclear power plant victims lawsuit) On June 17, 2022, the Supreme Court of Japan put an end to the four lawsuits filed by the evacuees...
CNIC Statement: Things Japan needs to do regarding nuclear disarmament before “constructing bridges”
Suspend the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plan, declare its support of No First Use and enshrine the Three Non-Nuclear Principles into law. Citizens’ Nuclear Information CenterJune 23, 2022 The first Meeting of States Parties...
US Trip Diary—America’s Uranium Development and Japan’s Uranium Garbage (Part 1)
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) The Japan Atomic Energy Agency’s (JAEA’s) Tono Geoscience Center (in Gifu Prefecture) and Ningyotoge Environmental Engineering Center (on the border of Okayama and Tottori prefectures) store uranium ore and related...
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) invests in SMR development company NuScale
By Mitsuta Kanna, FoE Japan On April 6, 2022, Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) issued a statement protesting the decision of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), wholly owned by the Japanese...
NUMO President Displays Irresponsible Attitude at the 36th Meeting of the Radioactive Waste Working Group
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) established an advisory body, the Radioactive Waste Working Group (RWWG), to administer policies for managing high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The 36th meeting...
CNIC SYMPOSIUM REPORT: Nuclear Crisis and Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy: Implications of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Operation
~ Symposium to Commemorate the Launch of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Special Site of the Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center By Takano Satoshi and Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) On April 28, an international symposium was...
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NRA Gives Go-ahead for Oceanic Release of Water Contaminated from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved a draft judgement on May 19 validating the design of facilities for releasing into...