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From 5th May this year, all of Japan’s 50 nuclear reactors were shut down. However, stating that Japan’s economy would not be able to survive without nuclear power, and that he would personally take...
“Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants” Rally attended by 170,000 antinuclear protesters in Yoyogi park, Tokyo. (July 16, 2012) Due to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in March 2011, it has become impossible for Japan...
Ino Hisamitsu * Table 2: Results of monitoring tests on mother material of Genkai-1 reactor pressure vessel (Continued from Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148) We must first understand the data on which this is...
Hiromitsu Ino * Outline of Neutron Irradiation Embrittlement in Aging Nuclear Power Plants Destruction of a reactor pressure vessel due to neutron irradiation embrittlement should be called an extreme severe accident. If the pressure...
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...
What are the main issues in future discussions on energy policy? Departure from a nuclear-dependent energy policy is the right direction for Japan The disastrous accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in...
I was invited to participate in a conference entitled “Climate and Energy Forum: Towards Energy Efficiency & Safe Options,” held in Malaysia. The conference took place over four days, from October 8 to 11,...
The Electricity Business Act stipulates that electricity utility companies must submit a “Supply Plan” to the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry annually before the beginning of each fiscal year. However, neither Tokyo Electric...
International Symposium Held to Evaluate the Ecosystem of the Tanoura Cove, Proposed Site of the Kaminoseki NPP An international symposium entitled “The Japanese Murrelet and Biodiversity in Kaminoseki” was held in Hiroshima on April...
Further evidence of the depth of opposition to Chugoku Electric Power Company’s planned Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant was provided by five young men (two aged 19, three aged 20), who braved cold and...