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First NPP Equipped with Anti-terrorism Safety Measures Begins Operating Kyushu Electric Power Co. started up Unit 1 at its Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on November 17. This is the first NPP in Japan...
Category: Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Reference material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of 31 Dec. 2019)
By Ban Hideyuki, CNIC Co-Director The Atomic Energy Commission released the official report on Japan’s plutonium holdings as of the end of 2019. Significant changes included the amount of plutonium stored at reactors in...
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Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Completion Delayed by a Year Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited notified the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) of Japan on August 21 that its scheduled date for completion of work on the Rokkasho...
Please sign! Petition demanding a review of nuclear fuel cycle policy and a freeze on the operation of Rokkasho reprocessing plant
Please add your signature to the petition below by sending your name and affiliation to Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center contact@cnic.jp by June 8th 2020 To be submitted to Kajiyama Hiroshi, Minister of Economy, Trade...
Group Intro: Interfaith class action against nuclear fuel cycle
Jonathan Watts, International Liaison Representative of Interfaith Forum for the Review of National Nuclear Policy was interviewed by Caitlin Stronell On 9 March, 2020 a group of 211 Buddhist, Christian and Shinto priests and...
CNIC Statement: Retract the Approval of the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility “Draft Review” – The Government should implement a fundamental rethink of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Statement, May 13, 2020 On May 13, 2020, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved the “Draft Review” that considers the Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNF) Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility...
Responses to the Regulatory Standards for the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility Concerning Changes in the Fuel Conditions
by Kamisawa Chihiro, CNIC staff More than one hundred meetings to discuss compliance of the Rokkasho Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility with the new regulatory standards have now been held since they began on January...
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Temporary Injunction against Resumed Operation of Ikata Unit 3 Reactor The Hiroshima High Court issued a provisional decision on January 17 forbidding operation of the Unit 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata...
What should be done with Japan’s plutonium now stored in the UK? ~ Research trip report
by Caitlin Stronell, CNIC From September 11 to 21, Ban Hideyuki and Caitlin Stronell from CNIC visited the UK in order to survey opinions on what should be done with Japan’s 21.2 tons of...
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TEPCO and Others Financially Aiding Japan Atomic Power Co. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) and Tohoku Electric Power Co. have decided to provide new aid on top of that which they have provided...