2023: A Sudden Change in Nuclear Power Policy?
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Are we going to take the road to GX? New Year greetings to all Nuke Info Tokyo readers! Japan’s nuclear power policy is now in the process of a...
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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...
Critical Note on the Interim Report of the Nuclear Power Subcommittee Innovative Reactor Working Group
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) On August 24, 2022, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio held the second meeting of the GX (Green Transformation) Implementation Council, which was set up under his strong initiative. At the...
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NRA Complicit in Abolishing NPP Operation Period Limits After hearing Director General Matsuyama Yasuhiro of the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade...
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: The Expansion of Subsidies for Restarting NPPs is a Mistake
22 November 2022 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) revised its regulations for “Infrastructure Development Support Project Grants” at the end of October, doubling the maximum subsidy to prefectures with nuclear power...
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: Withdraw the “Extension of Operation Period” Proposal for Nuclear Power Plants
11 October 2022 On October 5, at a regular meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Chairman Yamanaka responded to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) proposal to eliminate the rule stipulated...
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Construction Started on Facilities for Releasing ALPS Treated Water On September 4, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) began constructing facilities for oceanic release of the contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident that...
CNIC Statement: Stop Running Away from the National Debate!
—Government’s coercive plans to restart nuclear power stations are of major concern— August 26, 2022 At the second meeting of the GX (Green Transformation) Implementation Council, the secretariat, in connection with nuclear power plants,...