PuPo 2017 Presentations
Please see speakers profiles here Click on the names of speakers below to see their presentation/materials More will be added as they become available DAY 1: 23 February (Thurs) 10.00-10.10 Welcome Speech (Koichi Hasegawa)...
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PuPo2017 Statement
CNIC in collaboration with the Union of Concerned Scientists held an international conference titled ‘The US-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and Japan’s Plutonium Policy’ (PuPo = Plutonium Policy for short). The following statement was signed by...
Japan’s nuclear waste: Dangers and options
Report on two lectures by Prof. Frank von Hippel Prof. Frank von Hippel, from Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, gave talks in Tokyo on ‘Monju and Japan’s reprocessing policy’ and ‘Reducing...
Shared Dilemma: The Plutonium Problem in US and Japan
~Report on CNIC open research seminar with Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch On August 10, CNIC held an open research seminar with Tom Clements, Director of Savannah River Site (SRS) Watch, an NGO...
The US controversy over the possible adoption of “no-first-use” nuclear weapons policy — What is Japan’s involvement?
About the beginning of July 2016, the media began to report that the Obama administration is weighing the adoption of a “no-first-use” policy of nuclear weapons, which would limit the use of nuclear arsenals...
Japan and India: together on the wrong side of history
by Kumar Sundaram, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, New Delhi, India This year-end, the Indian Prime Minister will visit Tokyo and there are speculations that the India-Japan nuclear agreement will be finalised during...
Court cases associated with nuclear facilities in Japan (NIT No. 172)
As reported briefly in the last edition of NIT, there was an important legal victory for nuclear activists in Japan on March 9th this year when the Otsu District Court issued a provisional injunction...
Report on International solidarity symposium for exposed nuclear plant workers (NIT No. 172)
A symposium on “The current situation of exposed nuclear plant workers in France, Ukraine, South Korea and Japan” was held on March 27, followed by an “International solidarity symposium for seeking the rights of...
Film Review: NUCLEAR JAPAN -4 years after/ Directed by Hiroyuki Kawai (NIT No. 172)
Hiroyuki Kawai is one of Japan’s top lawyers fighting legal actions against nuclear power. Apart from being a member of CNIC’s board of directors, he is the Co-Director of the National Network of Counsels...
30 years since Chernobyl…The impact of the Chernobyl Disaster on Japan’s anti-nuclear power movement (NIT No. 171)
It will soon be 30 years since Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Unit 4 went out of control and caused a disaster in what was then Soviet Ukraine in 1986. The radioactive substances emitted from...
