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As reported in NIT 138, on August 26, when a 3-ton relay device used during replacement of fuel in the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) was being removed, it dropped back into...
On October 31, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued a joint statement stating that the Vietnamese Government had “decided to choose Japan as the cooperation partner for...
September 18-21, 2010 Taipei, Taiwan (The statement is also posted on the web site of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union) Twenty-four years after Chernobyl disaster, the victims and their families are still suffering from...
The thirteenth No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held from September 18 through 21 in Taipei. Fifteen people attended from Japan, India, Indonesia, Korea, Philippines and Thailand, in addition to the participants from Taiwan....
By Mikiko Watanabe* Members of Exposure to Low Level Radiation Research Group (Yukuo Sasamoto left) (Photo taken at Miyajima, Hiroshima by Mariko Shinoda) I am a member of the Exposure to Low Level Radiation...
1. Classification of Radioactive Waste Radioactive waste is produced at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and also through research, medical and industrial use of radioisotopes (RIs). The main nuclear fuel cycle...
In a dozen years of involvement in the anti-nuclear movement in Japan I have found that there is surprisingly little overlap between nuclear energy related campaigns and nuclear weapons related campaigns. One notable exception...
On August 31 the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company (RFS), established jointly in 2005 by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO – 80%) and Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPCO – 20%), began construction work on its “Recyclable...
On September 10 Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) announced that the commencement of commercial operations of its Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant would be delayed by two years from October this year to October 2012. This...
An accident occurred on August 26 at the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Full details have not yet emerged, but it seems that it was quite serious....