Category: Fukushima

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...

Environmental Standards and Hazard Maps Are Required to Deal with Radioactive Contamination – Iitate Village Radiation Dose Survey Results and Contamination Forecasts

By Imanaka Tetsuji, Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science,   Changes in dose rates in Iitate Village Iitate Village lies in the Abukuma Highlands, 30 to 45 km northwest of the...

Is it Possible for Citizens to Engage in Dialog with the Ministry of the Environment as it Promotes the Recycling of Soil Contaminated by Radioactivity

By Yumiko Fuseya, NPO Shinjuku Yoyogi Citizen Monitoring Center, Citizens Against Dissemination of Radioactivity What is the recycling of removed soil? I would like first to introduce myself. I am Fuseya Yumiko from the...

Fukushima Now (27) Part 2, Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (February to July 2024)

By Matsukubo Hajime   State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) shows no great variation despite seasonal temperature changes. The state of releases of...