Category: CNIC Statements

CNIC Statement: We Protest the Cabinet Decision on the Nuclear Power Promotion Bundle Bill

28 February 2023 Today the Kishida Cabinet made a cabinet decision to proceed with a bundle of bills (the GX Decarbonization Power Supply Bill), including legislation to extend the operational periods of nuclear power...

CNIC Statement: Opposing Revisions to the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of ‘Nuclear Garbage’

16 February 2023 The Kishida Administration held a ministerial meeting on final disposal of nuclear waste on February 10, 2023, announcing revisions to Japan’s basic policy on the final disposal of specified radioactive wastes....

CNIC Statement: We Protest the Rash and Unilateral Moves to Revise the Basic Policy on Final Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste

February 8, 2023 According to media reports, relevant ministry officials presented the coalition parties (LDP and Komeito) with a proposed revision of its basic policy on the final disposal of high-level radioactive waste on...

Joint statement: Protest against the deceptive GX policy – nuclear power plants are nothing but greenwash.

<This Statement has been endorsed by 22 organizations listed below, including CNIC> 22 December 2022 The Kishida Government launched its GX policy today, which includes rebuilding (replacing) nuclear power plants and further extending their...

CNIC Statement: Withdraw the anachronistic Action Plan to Resuscitate Nuclear Power

30 November 2022 At the meeting of the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy on November 28, the secretariat, the Natural Resources and Energy Agency of the Ministry...

CNIC Statement: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): Stop the Scheming for Extended NPP Lifetimes!

November 15, 2022 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), at the 33rd Meeting of the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy on November 8, presented the...

CNIC Statement: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty-In Response to the Failure to Reach a Consensus at the 2022 Operational Review Conference

August 30, 2022  On August 26, the Russian government opposed the adoption of the draft final document at the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) Operational Review Conference held at UN Headquarters in New York, resulting...