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Kanden Resumes On-site Survey for Expansion of Mihama Nuke Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden) announced on July 22 that it would resume its geological survey for siting a new reactor at its Mihama Nuclear...
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Former TEPCO Management Not Responsible for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Supreme Court and Tokyo High Court Rulings On March 5, in the trial of criminal responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Supreme Court of...
A Starting Point for Improving Working Conditions for Subcontracted Workers at Nuclear Power Plants – Tokyo Labor Relations Commission Orders Takenaka Corp. to Comply with Collective Bargaining Rules
By Kawamoto Hiroyuki, Vice Chair, Union of Nuclear and Radiation-Exposed Workers On January 29 this year, regarding the lack of a response from Takenaka Corp., a primary contractor for work at the Fukushima...
Who’s Who: On Mr. Murakami Tatsuya
By Aizawa Kazumasa, a Tokai Village resident, on July 15, 2025 Murakami Tatsuya made unsparing efforts to expand residential autonomy. As the mayor of Tokai Village, he placed residential autonomy at the center...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 3: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 3. The viewpoints from which to assess accidents is the key to pursuing technological safety Technology...
CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iranian “nuclear facilities.”
On June 13, Israel launched military attacks on multiple targets in Iran, including its “nuclear facilities,” and this was followed by Iranian retaliation. On June 22, the U.S also carried out airstrikes on three...
Group Intro: The Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old
By Shibayama Yasuko (Secretary General, Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old) We, the Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the...
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Second Experimental Retrieval of Debris Following up on the first experimental retrieval of debris at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 reactor in November 2024 (see the News Watch articles in Nuke...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 1: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 2: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...