Group Introduction: No Nukes Wakayama
The nuclear plant was defeated but the battle against the interim storage facility continuesIt...
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Fukushima Now Part 1: On the Eighth Spring Since the Accident –Living in a world full of contradictions
Report on Fukushima Prefectural People’s Rally On March 17, 3,300 people participated in the “2018 A Fukushima Without Nukes! Prefectural People’s Rally” held at Tenjin Misaki, Naraha Town. Large numbers of people gathered from...
Fukushima Now Part 2: Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (July to December 2017)
State of the PlantFrom the water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs), and from the state of releases of Xenon-135, released when uranium fuel undergoes fission, and other measurements,...
Application for Monju’s Decommissioning Schedule
Application for approval of the planned schedule for the decommissioning of Monju has been submitted to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA). In this article we give an overview of the planned schedule and the...
Who’s Who: Hajime Mikami
-Co-Representative, Mayors for a Nuclear Power Free Japan Network; -Organiser, Genjiren (Promotion of Zero Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy Federation); -Free spirit Hajime Mikami began to speak out about the dangers of nuclear power...
Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility: NRA Breaks off Regulatory Standard Conformity Inspection
Safety Regulation Violations Continue to OccurThe regular meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on October 11, 2017 indicated multiple safety code violations by Japan Nuclear Fuel, Limited (JNFL), operator of the Rokkasho Reprocessing...
Hiroshima High Court’s ruling suspends operations at Ikata Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3
On December 13, 2017, the Hiroshima High Court ordered a temporary injunction suspending operations at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata NPP Unit 3. It is the first time that a Japanese high court has...
Recognition of Exposed Workers in Japan and France: A report on an international survey and participation in the World Social Forum
Recognition of Workers’ Compensation Claims of Nuclear Power Plant Workers in Japan and the Beginning of an International Comparative SurveyThe number of workers registered under the Exposure Dose Registration and Management System up to...
Tokai II Nuclear Power Plant’s 20 year extension: A story of economic inefficiency and passing the buck
On 28 November this year, the Tokai II NPP will turn 40. On 24 November last year, its operator, Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) applied to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) for a 20...
Group Introduction: Enemira-Tottori (Future of Energy) ~Passing on the feelings of our ancestors to the future
We established our association with the feeling that we wanted to pass on a nuclear-free homeland to our future children after we found out about the serious situation that occurred due to the nuclear...