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(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....
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...
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...
By Uno Saeko (GAIA Japan Umitaiwa Team, National Association of Evacuees for the Right to Evacuation) Thirteen years into the Fukushima nuclear accident, while many have forgotten about it, believing it to be over,...
March 11, 2024 On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, occurred off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region. This massive earthquake and ensuing tsunami set off...
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Looking back at the situation regarding Japanese nuclear reactors in 2023, 12 nuclear reactors (11,608 MW) were operating, an increase of two reactors over the previous year, with Takahama...
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Originally, “decommissioning” of the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (TEPCO FDNPS) was to take 30 to 40 years, but that is all apple pie in...
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. The state of releases of...
Emergence and Outline of the Interim Storage Facility Plans On August 2, 2023, Chugoku Electric Power Co. (Chuden) proposed plans to Kaminoseki Town for interim storage facilities to be constructed on its land holdings...
By Sueda Kazuhide (Radioactive Waste Campaign Kansai) We have entered the age of full-scale decommissioning. Of all Japan’s commercial nuclear reactors, 24 are slated for decommissioning. The best-case scenario would be to enclose...