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Toshiba-Tenex Enriched Uranium Joint Venture: Japan-Russia Bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreement Nuke Info Tokyo No. 141

On February 9 Toshiba announced that it had agreed to start discussions on establishing a joint venture for enriched uranium sales with Russian company Tenex. Tenex (Techsnabexport) is a subsidiary of Russia’s Atomenergoprom (AEP),...

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...

South Texas Project Nuclear Power Plant: International Letter and Petition to Japanese Government Nuke Info Tokyo No. 141

In The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) posted a notice on its web site on January 7 saying that it had officially commenced the environmental and social screening process for two new nuclear...

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...

Ryusuke Umeda’s Worker’s Compensation Claim Rejected — without any investigation of the conditions at Tsuruga-1, site of most of Umeda’s exposure — Nuke Info Tokyo No. 139

Thirty years ago Ryusuke Umeda, who currently lives in Fukuoka City, was exposed to radiation while working on periodic inspections of the Shimane-1 and Tsuruga-1 nuclear power plants. In September 2008 he applied for...