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TEPCO’s long history of safety mismanagement and Niigata Prefecture’s investigative committees By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Tokyo Electric Power Company HD, the largest electric power company in Japan, has ten nuclear power reactors...
Japan to Cooperate with America’s Fast Reactor Plans TerraPower, a US nuclear power development venture founded by Bill Gates, is planning to construct a “Natrium™” sodium-cooled fast reactor in the state of Wyoming. The...
(Interviewed by Caitlin Stronell, NIT editor) Following the meltdowns at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in March 2011, the government issued an order that all livestock within a 20 km radius of the...
Presentation by Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist, Greenpeace East Asia On 18 November 2021, TEPCO published its draft assessment on the radiological impact of their planned discharges of radioactive waste water presently stored at...
Mayor Who Approves of High-Level Waste Disposal Site Elected in Suttsu Town Race A mayoral election was held on October 20 in Suttsu Town, Hokkaido, along with a by-election for a town council member...
－Reliable information from nuclear-plant operators is essential for emergency evacuation of local residents－ By Sasaki Hiroshi (Vice Chairman of the Niigata Prefectural Committee Investigating Evacuation Methods in a Nuclear Disaster） According to the International...
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 1) released its report, Levels and Effects of Radiation Exposure due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi...
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) On July 21, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO HD) applied to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Minister of State for Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning...
By Matsukubo Hajime State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) varies mostly around less than 35oC and no great changes have been seen. The...
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Statistical data on changes in Fukushima Prefecture’s evacuee numbers, population by district, numbers of primary and junior high school students in areas that were evacuated and agricultural output were used...