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Genkai Town, Saga to Accept Literature Review Mayor Wakiyama Shintaro of Genkai Town, Saga Prefecture expressed acceptance on May 10 of a literature review. This is a step toward the town’s selection as...
Category: Radioactive Waste
Government Must Fundamentally Review Geological Radwaste Disposal Policy
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) 1. Background — Shift from marine dumping to geological disposal In the 1950s and 1960s, Japan’s high-level radwaste disposal policy was marine dumping. In 1972, however, the Convention...
Report on the 2nd Meeting of the Geological Disposal Technical WG: Experts Against Geological Disposal Attend a Government Working Group
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The second meeting of the Geological Disposal Technical Working Group (Technical WG), a working group of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), was held on March 29....
Overview of Water Treatment Secondary Waste Issues at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
By Masano Atsuko Work to clear up the mess from the accident at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (below, Fukushima Daiichi) operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, In. (below, TEPCO) has run...
CNIC Statement: We Strongly Protest the Government Proposal to Genkai Town to Conduct a Literature Survey
May 1, 2024 On 1st May 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) requested Genkai Town in Saga Prefecture accept a literature survey in the area for selection of a final disposal...
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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...
Kaminoseki Interim Storage Facility Plans Should be Scrapped
Emergence and Outline of the Interim Storage Facility Plans On August 2, 2023, Chugoku Electric Power Co. (Chuden) proposed plans to Kaminoseki Town for interim storage facilities to be constructed on its land holdings...
Planned Centralized Radioactive Waste Processing May Allow Uncontrollable Reuse of Radioactive Waste as “Cleared” Waste
By Sueda Kazuhide (Radioactive Waste Campaign Kansai) We have entered the age of full-scale decommissioning. Of all Japan’s commercial nuclear reactors, 24 are slated for decommissioning. The best-case scenario would be to enclose...
CNIC Statement: Shameless Flouting of Local Ordinances Shows NUMO is not Qualified to “Coexist with the Community”
December 21, 2023 On September 27, in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, where there had been moves to apply for a literature survey, the first step in the selection of a final disposal site for...