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Dr. Jinzaburo Takagi’s death is a very great loss for CNIC. On behalf of all CNIC staff, I would like to express our firm determination to carry on Dr. Takagi’s important and distinguished...
By Kimiko Shizuri A year has past since that shocking JCO criticality accident. Unusual words such as ‘criticality’, ‘neutrons’ and ‘sievert’ were heard nation-wide. The accident brought nuclear power issues to the front, and...
1.Biomass energy 1.1 What is Biomass? Biomass energy means energy that is produced from biomass. It is also called biofuel, as coal and oil are called fossil fuel. This type of energy includes for example wood...
Anti-nuclear Scientist and Activist A Brief Biography Jinzaburo Takagi was the co-founder and former Director of Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center. Takagi’s extensive scientific analytical work on nuclear issues has greatly contributed to the education...
The legal case against TEPCO’s use of MOX On 9 August 2000, over 850 plaintiffs from across the country, including 138 from Fukushima Prefecture, took Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) to the Fukushima District...
A year has passed since the JCO criticality accident, but little improvement can be seen in the safety regulation of the nuclear industry. This accident was a tremendous shock to Japan’s nuclear power industry...
Nuke Info Tokyo 79 By Nakako Asada There is a plan to build an “Underground Research Laboratory” at Tono in Gifu Prefecture to study the disposal of high-level nuclear waste generated from nuclear power...
Nuke Info Tokyo 78 Interviewed by Masakazu Saeki “I never even dreamed of seeing such an unjust judgement. It is an unexpected and mis-directed judgement. The Monju-type nuclear reactor is not developed elsewhere in the...
Nuke Info Tokyo 77 by Junji Fukuda A meeting of the Electric Power Development Coordination Council will be held in the coming July. Nuclear power promoters are pushing hard to realise their plan to build...
Nuke Info Tokyo 76 Tokaimura is located in North Ibaraki prefecture near the center of Japan. This small village with a population of about 34,000 and an area of 37 square kilometres has lived with...