News Watch (August 3,2026)
2 to 5 Large Nukes by 2040, 11 to 14 by 2050? “Future Direction of Nuclear Energy Policy and Action Guidelines,” adopted in April 2024 by the Council of Ministers on Nuclear Energy of...
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Participation in the Nuclear Power Subcommittee, Part 21 – They Cannot Turn Back Time: Decisions on Nuclear Power Action Guideline Revisions
By Matsukubo Hajime On June 5, 2026, the Nuclear Power Subcommittee held its 49th session. The theme was to review proposed revisions in the “Future Direction of Nuclear Power Policy and Action Guidelines,”...
Group Intro: NPO ONE LIFE (Ogasawara Native Ecology Life)
By Shimizu Ryoichi (One Life Representative) The “ONE LIFE” organization that I represent is an NPO that thinks, learns, and practices a sustainable lifestyle together with the islanders in Ogasawara Village. We aim at...
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Data
By Matsukubo Hajime Results of analyses of fish and shellfish in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station port Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has sampled and analyzed fish and shellfish in the Fukushima Daiichi...
Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 4. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: Underestimated Neutron Irradiation Embrittlement of Aging Reactors
By Ino Hiromitsu, Nuclear Power Plant Aging Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo Every reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in operation gradually becomes brittle, exposed to neutrons emitted from the...
News Watch (May 14, 2026)
Japan’s Government Okays Gargantuan Financing for New and Renovated Large-scale Power Supplies Proposed amendments to Japan’s Electricity Business Act were adopted by the Cabinet on March 24 and presented to the Diet. These...
Participation in Nuclear Power Subcommittees, No.19: A Full Set of Business as Usual
By Matsukubo Hajime The 12th meeting of the Innovative Reactor Working Group (WG) was held on February 26. The theme of the meeting was the status of fusion reactor development and the development roadmap...
People I Met While Supporting the Victims of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident
By Kawata Masaharu, Non-profit organization to Help Chernobyl, Chubu-District, Japan Introduction It was in April 1990, four years after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, that we began to support the people in the...
15 Years After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Look at Radioactive Contamination of Food
By Tanimura Nobuko * Becquerels per kilogram (Bq/kg) used as unit for radioactive concentration herein, unless otherwise noted. This article gives a retrospective overview of the radioactive contamination of the environment that resulted...
Voices from Fukushima: 15 Years After the Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A 15-Year-Old at the Time Sees Through the Deception of the “Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy”
By Wakana I seriously want to rid the world of nuclear energy and weapons. Even if people say this is idealistic or I’m living in a dream world, I’ve never thought of it like...