Railroaded through as National Policy?
By Yamaguchi Yukio It is the New Year. Whatever the situation, Happy New Year! In any way you look at it, 2025 was an eventful year with many difficulties. Wars have continued in...
Category: energy policy
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Data Fabrication for Hamaoka Restart Safety Review Chubu Electric Power Co. announced on January 5 that suspicions had come to light regarding the selection of representative waves in the seismic motion evaluation for...
CNIC Statement: 2026 House of Representatives Election – The future of nuclear power should also be put to the public
January 27, 2026 On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the House of Representatives and the official campaign for the General Election/House of Representatives Election started today, January 27. There seems to be...
CNIC Statement: The Nuclear Regulation Authority should implement strict regulations to ensure its independence.
January 27, 2026 At the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), established on the basis of sincere reflection on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, a situation has arisen that casts doubt on the independence...
CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 6.
January 23, 2026 On the evening of January 21, Unit 6 of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KKNPS) (ABWR, 1.356GW) in Niigata Prefecture, which had been in shutdown since March...
CNIC Statement: Reflecting on “remarks” again – Regarding the moves toward restarting Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station –
On November 20, CNIC released a statement regarding the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. The next day, Governor Hanazumi Hideyo of Niigata Prefecture announced approval of the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS....
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Dry Storage Facilities for Spent Fuel to be Established at Sendai Nuke Kyushu Electric Power Co. filed an application with Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on October 24 for approval of dry storage...
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Former TEPCO Management Not Responsible for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Supreme Court and Tokyo High Court Rulings On March 5, in the trial of criminal responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Supreme Court of...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 1: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 2: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...