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Possibility for NRA to Halt Nukes in Operation It appears that Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai Unit 1 reactor, which has been restarted, will be halted next March. The Unit 2 reactor might also...
Category: New plant
A business analysis of Japan’s NPP export to Turkey Nuke Info Tokyo No. 161
Yasuro Kawai Leader of a plant engineers’ group monitoring the decommissioning process of nuclear power plants Anti-nuclear movement in Turkey, Photo by AntiNükleer Sinop Introduction The Japan-Turkey Agreement for Cooperation in the Use of...
“Conserve the Sea of Miracles” Nuke Info Tokyo No. 142
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...
Hunger Strike Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant Nuke Info Tokyo No. 141
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...
Future of Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant Uncertain Nuke Info Tokyo No. 141
In response to public concern about the great earthquake that hit NPPs in Fukushima on March 11, the governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture, who had granted permission to Chugoku Electric Power Company to begin sea...
Japanese Finance for South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant International Letter to Japanese Government
Press Release NEWS FROM NIRS Nuclear Information and Resource Service 6930 Carroll Avenue, #340, Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-270-6477 www.nirs.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 24, 2011 Contact: Michael Mariotte +1-301-270-6477 170+ ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE URGE...
Petition Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Viet Nam
Media Release December 15, 2010 Petition Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in Viet Nam ~Japanese Government Support for Exports of Nuclear Power Plants~ Today a petition, endorsed by 79 groups (52 Japanese...
Viet Nam Chooses Japan as “Partner for Building two Reactors” Nuke Info Tokyo No. 139
On October 31, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung issued a joint statement stating that the Vietnamese Government had “decided to choose Japan as the cooperation partner for...
Nuclear Finance: US Groups Send Letter to Japan Government
Press Release August 11, 2010 “Beware of Investing in New US Nukes” Visiting Expert Warns Japanese Government Tuesday, August 11 (Tokyo): US nuclear expert Kevin Kamps, who is currently visiting Japan, today sent a letter to...
Chugoku Electric’s Unbelievable Lack of Awareness of Safety and Quality Control Nuke Info Tokyo No. 136
Chugoku Electric is unqualified to operate nuclear power plants at all, let alone build a new one at Kaminoseki (see Group Introduction). On March 30 Chugoku Electric Power Company announced that it had failed...