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Group Introduction Acorn Forestry Club Doing business while opposing nuclear power in a nuclear town Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
By Teruyuki Matsushita* Teruyuki Matsushita teaching about the forest There’s an unwritten law which says that if you live near a nuclear power plant, it’s hard to do business if you oppose nuclear power....
Nuclear Court Cases in Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
CNIC frequently refers to legal issues in its articles about the campaigns being waged against nuclear facilities in Japan. We thought readers might be interested in some background on the various legal challenges that...
Cracks in Ohi-3 and Ikata-1: companies’ responses Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
This article begins with a follow-up on the report in NIT 101 about cracks in the Ohi-3 (PWR, 1,180 MW) reactor vessel head, then reports on the cracks that were discovered later in the...
Uranium trials begin at Rokkasho Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
Protesting in the snow: Scenes outside the gates of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (21 Dec. 2004) Atomic Energy Commission endorses reprocessing On 12 November 2004 the Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) Long Term Nuclear...
Introduction of a ‘Clearance’ System Bill soon to be submitted to the Diet
During the next Diet session, beginning in January 2005, a bill to introduce a ‘clearance’ system will be submitted as an amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Shoji Takagi always does things in his own time Nuke Info Tokyo No. 103
By Yukiko Mukai* Shoji Takagi pointing to a pamphlet against the Hamako NPP, for which he drew the illustration Me write an article introducing Shoji Takagi? CNIC asked me to do it, but I’m...
NISA’s Interim Report into Mihama-3 Accident Nuke Info Tokyo No. 103
The inescapable conclusion that must be drawn from the Mihama-3 accident is that the full length of the piping in nuclear power plants must be checked at regular intervals. This, however, is a conclusion...
Long-Term Nuclear Program Planning Committee publishes costs of nuclear fuel cycle Nuke Info Tokyo No. 103
Introduction The Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) Long Term Nuclear Program sets out Japan’s basic policy on the research, development and utilization of nuclear energy. A review of this program commenced in June (see NIT...
We oppose removal and dismantling of Tokai Reactor Nuke Info Tokyo No. 103
By Gan Nemoto (Ibaraki Anti-Nuclear Collective) Cartoon by Shoji Takagi The Japan Atomic Power Company’s Tokai gas-cooled reactor (magnox, 166 MW), located about 120km north east of Tokyo in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture is...