Category: Accident
Report on the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 150
~What kind of panel was the NAIIC, and what was clarified by its investigation?~ The report can be downloaded from NAIIC’s Website: Japanese naiic.go.jp/report/ English naiic.go.jp/en/report/ Most of English language version is still being...
International Symposium on the Truth of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Myth of Nuclear Safety Nuke Info Tokyo No. 150
August 30 & 31, 2012 University of Tokyo, Komaba Campus Mr. Arnie Gundersen presenting at the Symposium Purpose of the Symposium The March 11, 2011 Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
Clean-up operation at the nuclear accident site at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Nuke Info Tokyo No. 149
Table 1. Multi-layered structure within the nuclear power station and wages in 2000 350 companies were involved in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Presence of subcontractors affiliated with crime syndicates and their employees...
Labor Standards Inspection Office in Yokohama recognizes death of Fukushima nuclear worker as eligible for compensation Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148
Medicare room at J-Villege (Photo by TEPCO) On February 24, the Yokohama Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office (LSIO) determined that the fatal heart attack of a worker, Nobukatsu Osumi, at the Fukushima Daiichi...
Complete Halt of All Nuclear Power Plants in Japan But for how long can restarts be prevented? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148
May 5 is “Children’s Day” in Japan, a holiday on which the happiness of children is celebrated. On this day in 2012, the children received the special gift of the total shutdown of all...
Statement: Toward a New Era in which the people Choose the Energy
May 5, 2012 NPO Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Today, May 5, is Children’s Day. Children’s Day is a holiday on which we celebrate our hope for the healthy growth of the next generation. Just...
The Problem of the Meteorological Research Institute’s Environmental Radiation Research Nuke Info Tokyo No. 147
The Problem of the Meteorological Research Institute’s Environmental Radiation Research ~From a series of articles in the Asahi Shimbun newspaper~ In the summer of 1954, I was a 3rd year undergraduate helping out at...
My Opinion on Radioactive Disaster Waste Nuke Info Tokyo No. 147
Baku Nishio (CNIC Co-Director) The nuclear disaster cannot be resolved, or at least the resolution will be very difficult, and various problems have erupted. As it is, citizens and residents with no actual responsibility...
Fukushima: Current status of nuclear reactors and corium Nuke Info Tokyo No. 147
The Nuclear Accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station ~Current status of nuclear reactors and corium~ What is going on inside the reactors remains totally unknown. It is almost a year (this was written...