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Since the July 2007 Chuetsu-oki earthquake, all seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki- Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (KK) have been out of operation. The Governor of Niigata Prefecture said that, when considering the fate of...
By Hiroshi Nakashima* In 1955 the Ningyo Toge uranium deposit was discovered in Kagamino, Okayama Prefecture where Teisuke Ishio lives. Ever since then, the local office of the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has...
During February, there were several developments in Japanese power companies’ pluthermal*1 plans. Also, plutonium use plans for the 2008 fiscal year were released on March 7th. Problems with MOX fuel for Kyushu Electric’s Genkai-3...
By Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (Japanese Leaflet Released on 24 February 2008) (892 KB) Contents We demand that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power...
By Kyoko Noguchi* Farmer, Mikio Shimaoka, speaking at a meeting organized by Daichi Stop Nuclear Power Committee. He played a key role in stopping the Kubokawa nuclear power plant plan. “Rather than shout a...
Besides those shown in the map on pages 6 amd 7, there are nuclear power plants in two other countries in Asia. These plants are located in India and Pakistan. India has 17 operational...
In the six months since the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, several things which were hazy at first have become clearer. For example, the stance of Niigata Prefecture is clearer than it was before. (1) Length of...
Full operation won’t begin as scheduled in February 2008 Tests of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant using spent nuclear fuel (active tests) commenced in March 2006. Production of plutonium began in November of the same...
From April 2008, the time permitted before reactors are shut down for periodic inspections will be extended (long-cycle operation). Under the Electricity Utility Law regulations as they now stand, the maximum time allowed between...
By Masashi Kuwabara* Sadao Kaneko was born into a farming family in 1956 in Teradomari Town (now part of Nagaoka City) in Niigata Prefecture. In the 1970s, when he was a university student in...