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Genkai Town, Saga to Accept Literature Review Mayor Wakiyama Shintaro of Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture expressed acceptance on May 10 of a literature review. This is a step toward the town’s selection as...
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Genkai Town, Saga to Accept Literature Review Mayor Wakiyama Shintaro of Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture expressed acceptance on May 10 of a literature review. This is a step toward the town’s selection as...
27 December 2023 Operational Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Lifted – Is the Nuclear Regulation Authority Qualified to Make this Decision? In March 2021, in connection with the violation of nuclear material protection...
—How Will This Affect Restarts of TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Units 6 and 7?— By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Japan has seven nuclear reactors that have yet to be restarted despite qualifying under the new regulatory...
TEPCO’s long history of safety mismanagement and Niigata Prefecture’s investigative committees By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Tokyo Electric Power Company HD, the largest electric power company in Japan, has ten nuclear power reactors...
-Reliable information from nuclear-plant operators is essential for emergency evacuation of local residents- By Sasaki Hiroshi (Vice Chairman of the Niigata Prefectural Committee Investigating Evacuation Methods in a Nuclear Disaster) According to the International...
Order to Halt Preparations for Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPP Restart Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) issued a corrective measures order on April 14th to Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), prohibiting the transfer of nuclear fuel to...
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Is safe management and operation of nuclear power plants possible? 10 years have passed since the severe accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station...
— Our Response to the Recently Discovered Loss of Nuclear Material Protection Facility Functions at the TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station and the March 18 Court Decision Preventing JAPC from Restarting the Tokai Daini...
By Ikeuchi Satoru (Chairperson of the Niigata Prefecture Verification Supervisory Committee on the Nuclear Power Station Accident) History and Significance of the Verification Supervisory Committee More than nine years have already passed since the...
English summary of an article by Tanaka Mitsuhiko (Member of the Niigata Prefecture Technical Committee and former Member of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC)) Introduction The Niigata...