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Onagawa Unit 2 Shut Down During Restart Due to Problems The Unit 2 reactor of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (BWR, 825 MW) was restarted on October 29 to resume...
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CNIC Statement: War in Ukraine and Nuclear Power Plants – Critical Situation Continues
August 27, 2024 Two and half years have passed since Russia launched its military invasion against Ukraine. There have been a great number of casualties on both sides. Russia is waging a war of...
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Takahama Units 3, 4 to Operate Past 40 Years Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 (PWR, 870 MW each), owned and operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden), began operating in...
CNIC Statement: Overseas Export of Radioactive Waste is Unacceptable – Uranium Waste from Japanese Nuclear Research and Development has been exported to a facility adjacent to indigenous sacred sites in Utah, USA –
June 24, 2024 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been proceeding with its plan to export about 136 tons of uranium ore and ion-exchange resin with absorbed uranium, which had been stored at...
Problems of Overseas Melting of Large Metal Equipment Produced during Decommissioning, etc.
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Nuclear decommissioning generates large amounts of radioactive waste. Reducing the various types of radioactive waste generated by dismantling nuclear power plants is a major challenge for nuclear operators in...
Group Intro: “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group
By Kitano Susumu, Chief of the plaintiff group We, the “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group, are committed to the lawsuit filed to terminate the operation of Shika Nuclear Power...
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Both Kanden and Tohoku Electric Power Co. to Build On-site Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities Regarding plans to establish on-site dry storage facilities for spent fuel at the Mihama, Takahama and Ohi nuclear...
Updates on the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial
Ido Ken’ichi, Attorney 1. Introduction I wrote about the filing of the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Suit in the March/April 2022 issue of Nuke Info Tokyo. cnic.jp/english/?p=5973 In this report I introduce how...
Newspeak—“Nukes are Safe. Nukes Reduce Carbon.”
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Looking back at the situation regarding Japanese nuclear reactors in 2023, 12 nuclear reactors (11,608 MW) were operating, an increase of two reactors over the previous year, with Takahama...
