2023: A Sudden Change in Nuclear Power Policy?
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Are we going to take the road to GX? New Year greetings to all Nuke Info Tokyo readers! Japan’s nuclear power policy is now in the process of a...
Category: Nuclear Regulation
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NRA Complicit in Abolishing NPP Operation Period Limits After hearing Director General Matsuyama Yasuhiro of the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Department (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy of the Ministry of Economy, Trade...
CNIC Statement: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI): Stop the Scheming for Extended NPP Lifetimes!
November 15, 2022 The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), at the 33rd Meeting of the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy on November 8, presented the...
CNIC Statement: Withdraw the “Extension of Operation Period” Proposal for Nuclear Power Plants
11 October 2022 On October 5, at a regular meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Chairman Yamanaka responded to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) proposal to eliminate the rule stipulated...
NUMO President Displays Irresponsible Attitude at the 36th Meeting of the Radioactive Waste Working Group
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The Ministry of Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) established an advisory body, the Radioactive Waste Working Group (RWWG), to administer policies for managing high-level radioactive waste (HLW). The 36th meeting...
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NRA Gives Go-ahead for Oceanic Release of Water Contaminated from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved a draft judgement on May 19 validating the design of facilities for releasing into...
Ban-san’s News Summary
CNIC’s Co-Director Ban Hideyuki posts a video on YouTube once a month where he discusses recent articles from Japanese newspapers. This is an English summary of the issues he discussed in the April post....
Ongoing scandals at TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
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...
Fundamental Problems of TEPCO’s Evacuation Plan Revealed by Niigata Prefectural Committee
－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...
Benches Made from NPP Radioactive Waste Installed in High Schools: Power Companies Promote Popular Understanding of “Clearance”
By Nishio Baku (CNIC Co-Director) There is a system in place to make it easier for electric power utilities to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from their nuclear power plants (NPPs). In this system,...
