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Reactor pressure vessel exported to Taiwan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 101
On July 2nd a ship carrying a reactor pressure vessel left the Port of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture for Taiwan. The pressure vessel is destined for use at the second reactor of Taiwan’s No....
To our friends in the anti-nuclear movement around the world Nuke Info Tokyo No. 100
Participants in International MOX Assessment Interim Report Public Meeting, Kyoto, October 1996 In October 1987 the first issue of Nuke Info Tokyo (10 pages) was sent to our friends around the world...
Is Japan qualified to undertake reprocessing in Rokkasho? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 99
On 11th February 2004 President Bush, in a speech delivered at the National Defense University, made the following comment: ‘The 40 nations of the Nuclear Suppliers Group should refuse to sell enrichment and reprocessing...
Developments Since ‘Monju’ Court Decision Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
by Miwako Ogiso (Head of the Office for the Accusers Group in the Monju Court Case) METI’s appeal to the Supreme Court Concerning the Monju Fast Breeder Reactor, built by the Japan Nuclear Cycle...
Recent Developments in Nuclear Fusion Research Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
1. Introduction Even now, the level of public awareness in Japan of ‘nuclear fusion energy’ is very low. However the government and people in the field are continuing their steady behind-the-scenes moves to make...
North American Power Failure Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96
The fact is that a power failure can occur at any time. Strangely enough, the power failure that occurred on August 14 throughout the east of Canada and the United States, represented about the...
Judgement on JCO Criticality Accident: Missing Links still Remain Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
The Mito District Court (15km from JCO in Tokaimura) where the ruling on JCO was delivered. On the morning of March 3, the Mito District court delivered a ruling on JCO Co. (JCO),...
Japan’s Reprocessing Policy and Nuclear Proliferation in Asia Nuke Info Tokyo No. 93
by Yuichi Kaido (lawyer) Nuclear peril in Far East Asia The North Korean government officially admitted to Washington on October 17th last year that it was developing a plan to enrich uranium for the...