Who’s Who: Yamanaka Sachiko
By Nitta Hitomi (Co-Director, Group of Plaintiffs in the Lawsuit Opposing the Operation of Chugoku Electric Power Shimane Nuclear Power Station Unit 3) I became acquainted with Yamanaka Sachiko in 2012. We were...
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Overview of Water Treatment Secondary Waste Issues at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
By Masano Atsuko Work to clear up the mess from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (below, Fukushima Daiichi) operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, In. (below, TEPCO) has run...
CNIC Statement: We Strongly Protest the Government Proposal to Genkai Town to Conduct a Literature Survey
May 1, 2024 On 1st May 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) requested Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture accept a literature survey in the area for selection of a final disposal...
Group Intro: “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group
By Kitano Susumu, Chief of the plaintiff group We, the “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group, are committed to the lawsuit filed to terminate the operation of Shika Nuclear Power...
News Watch
Both Kanden and Tohoku Electric Power Co. to Build On-site Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities Regarding plans to establish on-site dry storage facilities for spent fuel at the Mihama, Takahama and Ohi nuclear...
The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and Shika Nuclear Power Plant
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) The 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake At 16:10 on January 1, a severe, magnitude (Mj – Japan Meteorological Agency magnitude scale), 7.6 earthquake occurred on the Noto Peninsula on the northern...
Updates on the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial
Ido Ken’ichi, Attorney 1. Introduction I wrote about the filing of the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Suit in the March/April 2022 issue of Nuke Info Tokyo. cnic.jp/english/?p=5973 In this report I introduce how...
Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
(Oct. 2023 to Jan. 2024) By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) shows no great variation despite seasonal temperature changes....
Two Accidental Exposure Incidents at Fukushima Daiichi
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) Two accidents resulting in internal exposures occurred recently at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, where decommissioning work is in progress. The first was on October 25, 2023...
High School Students Looking Squarely at and Communicating about the Nuclear Accident
By Watanobe Yoshihiro, Fukushima Prefectural Soma High School Teacher A radio documentary program was produced by the Fukushima Prefectural Soma High School Broadcasting Station (the so-called Broadcasting Club) in June 2011. The program, entitled...