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Recently, the contaminated soil recycling demonstration project in Harase district, Nihonmatsu City, was cancelled due to local opposition. There are still two demonstration projects being implemented in Fukushima Prefecture, one in Minamisoma City and...
Seven years have passed since the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011. This report will provide a general overview of how the reactor decommissioning is...
On the 12th of March 2011, just one day after the big earthquake and tsunami in Japan, my mother suddenly died. I went to my home country, Israel, and watched on TV from...
From June 24-27 CNIC, together with New Diplomacy Initiative, organized a delegation of Diet Members to visit the United States in order to discuss Japan’s plutonium policy with US Congress Members and officials. This...
Niigata Prefecture Gubernatorial Election EndsThe Niigata Prefecture gubernatorial election is over. Unfortunately, Chikako Ikeda, who campaigned against the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KKNPS) restart was defeated by 546,670 votes to her 509,568. In Kashiwazaki...
July 4, 2018 The Japanese Cabinet approved the fifth Basic Energy Plan on July 3. It was no more than two weeks after the public review and comment period on the plan was...
A ‘nuclear power zero basic bill’ was submitted to the Diet by four opposition parties on March 9, 2018. These were the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, the Liberal Party, the Japan Communist Party,...
Life in pursuit of safety and coexistence Seven years has passed since the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. The accident emitted a huge amount of radioactive substances, which placed...
On May 16, the Strategic Policy Committee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released the draft for the 5th Strategic Energy Plan....
On April 5, 2018, the government’s Nuclear Damage Compensation Dispute Resolution Center notified residents of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, and TEPCO of its decision to discontinue its efforts to achieve an Alternate Dispute Resolution...