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By Takeo Hashizume Ms. Tomi Maeda, 77, years old woman, has been vocal opponent of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture and has been involved in the Mothers’ group against the nuclear...
by Yuichi Kaido (lawyer) Nuclear peril in Far East Asia The North Korean government officially admitted to Washington on October 17th last year that it was developing a plan to enrich uranium for the...
the ground-breaking ruling on the Monju fast breeder reactor Picture: Plaintiffs’ lawyer holds up the High Court ruling which says “perfect victory” with a look of joy on his face and others congratulate major...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Tetsunari Iida: democratizing Japan’s energy policy By Eriko Arita, The Japan Times Tetsunari Iida set himself the task of democratizing Japan’s energy policy, which has long been decided only by bureaucrats...
In response to the maintenance data falsification scandal concerning the Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. (TEPCO), the government immediately set up two committees on September 13. One committee is expected to evaluate how the...
Core Shroud Design Characteristics The core shroud in a BWR is a huge stainless steel cylindrical component within the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) that surrounds the fuel assemblies. The core shroud acts as a...
the “TEPCO scandal” and the adverse trend of easing inspection standards There has been a series of significant nuclear accidents over the past few years. To name a few, there was the Monju sodium...
Imanaka T., ed. 2001. “Recent Research Activities about the Chernobyl NPP Accident in Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.” Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University. KURRI-KR-79 (ISSN 1342-0852) Sixteen years have passed since the accident at Chernobyl nuclear power...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Ms. Toshiko Baba By Ikuko Sugiura At first glance, Ms. Toshiko Baba seems to be an ordinary woman, but in fact she is quite unique. Her activity stems from nothing special,...
Disputes at Fukushima Prefecture: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Fukushima Energy Policy Review Committee (FEPRC) exchange their views. The 20th Fukushima Energy Policy Review Committee (FEPRC) was held in Fukushima city on August 8...