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Group Introduction The Chernobyl Children’s Fund, Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
By Takayuki Kodera* The Chernobyl Children’s Fund, Japan, was founded in 1991 by photojournalist, Ryuichi Hirokawa. On numerous times following the 1986 accident, Mr. Hirokawa photographed on location, where he met children suffering from...
Final Reports on Mihama-3 Accident: Critical Facts Remain Unclear Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
1. What was the Mihama-3 accident? Nearly a year has passed since a pipe ruptured in the secondary system of Kansai Electric Power Company’s (KEPCO) Mihama-3 reactor (PWR, 826 MW, commenced operation 1976). The...
Recent Trends in Japanese Nuclear Industry Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
Refer to the two diagrams below for data on electric utilities’ expenditure and the nuclear industry’s sales and orders. On February 4th the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF) released a report on the state of...
2005 Electric Power Supply Plan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
The decline of nuclear energy – as seen in the 2005 Electric Power Supply Plan The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s (METI) Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has released the 2005...
Pronounced aging of nuclear power plants Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
There are currently 53 operational nuclear reactors in Japan: 30 boiling water reactors (BWR) and 23 pressurized water reactors (PWR). Of those, nine (4 BWRs and 5 PWRs) commenced operations more than 30 years...
NPT Review Conference Japan’s inconsistency: calling for nuclear non-proliferation while extracting plutonium Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
Introduction Scenes from a New York crowd (photos by Atsuko Nogawa) The Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is being held at the United Nations...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Environmentalist sisters are descendents of a sea lord Nuke Info Tokyo No. 105
By Shinji Watanabe* Kyoko Ono (left) and Etsuko Abe In the 16th century, about 450 years ago during the ‘Age of Civil Wars’, the Seto Inland Sea was ruled by a feudal lord, called...
Nuclear waste that can’t keep its cool Nuke Info Tokyo No. 105
Major problems have arisen with the cooling system of the vitrified high-level waste storage buildings at the Rokkasho nuclear fuel cycle facilities in Aomori Prefecture. When complete, there will be a total of five...