Urging Support for the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial
By Ido Ken’ichi (Attorney) A group of six young people currently aged 17 to 27, who had been living in Fukushima Prefecture at the time of the Fukushima nuclear accident (then 6 to...
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Status of Safeguards for Japanese Plutonium Stored in the UK and France
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) For many years, Japan has commissioned the reprocessing of spent fuel to the United Kingdom and France (Table 1). The reprocessing itself of the commissioned spent fuel has already been...
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‘311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Suit’ Filed Six people stricken with thyroid cancer as a result of exposure to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident filed suit against Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) in Tokyo...
South Korea’s Climate Justice Movement Challenges Insidious Governance Strategy with Diverse Tactics
By Takano Satoshi, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University The Moon Jae-in administration, by encouraging public debate on nuclear power policy in 2017, has reached a decision on a “nuclear...
TEPCO’s assessment of the planned radioactive contaminated water release into the Pacific Ocean
Presentation by Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist, Greenpeace East Asia On 18 November 2021, TEPCO published its draft assessment on the radiological impact of their planned discharges of radioactive waste water presently stored at...
U.S. Declaration of “No First Use” and Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Why is Japan able to restrain the U.S. nuclear policy shift?
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) The U.S. Biden Administration is currently working on the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). This work commenced in early July and is expected to be completed in early 2022. NPR signifies...
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Mayor Who Approves of High-Level Waste Disposal Site Elected in Suttsu Town Race A mayoral election was held on October 20 in Suttsu Town, Hokkaido, along with a by-election for a town council member...
UNSCEAR 2020 Annual Report: Unilateral Assessment that no Health Effects were Seen Resulting from Exposure in the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) 1) released its report, Levels and Effects of Radiation Exposure due to the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi...
Providing Legal Help to the Forgotten Bikini Atoll Nuclear Test Disaster Victims
By Minami Takuto (Kajiwara & Minami Law Firm), Head of Bikini Disaster Litigation Team The Buried and Forgotten ‘Bikini Incident’ In 1954, the USA conducted six thermonuclear tests (commonly known as the “Operation Castle,”...
CNIC Statement: We strongly protest Kansai Electric Power’s restart of Mihama Unit 3
(Published in Japanese on June 23) This is the first time that a nuclear power plant that is over 40 years old will be restarted under the rules, implemented after the accident at TEPCO’s...