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There were some misleading comments in the IAEA’s August 17 report on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant (KK), as well as some sensible comments that the pro-nuclear lobby will try to ignore. Below is...
Summary of a conversation between Baku Nishio and Chihiro Kamisawa Nishio: On August 10 TEPCO released some operational data showing the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant’s (KK) behavior during the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake. TEPCO claims that...
By Yasuko Nomura* A bleached statue of the poet Takuboku Ishikawa1 sits in a small park in the city of Hakodate, which he loved so much. From this park, you can see the town...
I was invited to attend the Taiwan-Japan Civil Society Forum, held in Taiwan on June 16-17. The forum addressed the question of how to build grassroots networks. It was sponsored by the Taiwan Environmental...
completion of modifications, sodium refill, functional tests The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been carrying out modifications on the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280 MW) in preparation for restart (see NIT...
Possible increase of spent fuel to be reprocessed during active tests Step 3 of the active tests currently being carried out at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant were completed in April (see NIT 118). On...
CNIC Report (23 July 2007) At 10:13 am on July 16 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea side of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. As...
Two Indonesians opposed to their government’s plan to introduce nuclear power visited Japan from July 3-9. From Japan, they continued on to South Korea before returning to Indonesia on July 12 (see photos below)....
By Members of the Group The conference shown in the above photo was held in Okayama City in February 2007. The purpose was to spread the success of the campaign in Okayama Prefecture to...
Bilateral agreements are one of several measures designed to ensure that the use of nuclear energy is restricted to peaceful purposes. Other measures include the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), safeguards agreements with the International...