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Plutonium Recovered through Reprocessing of Fugen Fuel to be Transferred to Orano The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) reported to Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on September 19 regarding its policy for utilizing plutonium...
Category: Radioactive Waste
CNIC Statement: Government Advisory Councils are not bodies that are supposed to be setting up the NUMO Literature Review Report
21 November 2023 According to an article in the Hokkaido Shimbun dated November 17, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has learned that the draft of a literature review report on...
All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste ~ Part 2: Panel Discussion and Rally Appeal
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Following the first part of the report of the May 27–8 All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste, which appeared in the previous issue of Nuke Info Tokyo,...
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‘No Nukes No Fossil’ Rally held in Tokyo A rally and demonstration demanding an end to nuclear and fossil fuel and a transition to 100% renewable energy and a just society was held on...
Who’s Who: Uehara Masayuki~ A genuine Tsushima guy protecting his island home
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) A man with a gentle manner and a sense of conviction in his humorous way of speaking, Uehara Masayuki is the representative of the Association for Consideration of Nuclear Waste...
All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste ~ Part 1: Keynote Address and Section Meetings
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) While pressure for municipalities to accept the literature survey (the first step in hosting a nuclear waste dump) is growing after the government’s revision of the Basic Policy on the...
Appeal of the National Rally on Nuclear Waste
A National Rally on Nuclear Waste, organized by CNIC, Japan Congress against A- and H-Bombs (GENSUIKIN), and Hokkaido Peace Forum, was held in Sapporo, Hokkaido on May 27 to 28. The total attendance over...
CNIC Webinar Report: Problems with Japan’s Nuclear-waste Disposal Policy as Seen from the Literature Review Currently Underway in Suttsu Town, Hokkaido.
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) On March 18, 2023, CNIC held the second of its webinar series on “Critical Investigation of Japan’s basic policy on GX (green transformation).” It was titled “Problems on the government’s...
Who’s Who: Tsuchiya Kazuyuki, guest house manager fighting to save his town from a nuclear dump
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Tsuchiya Kazuyuki is the owner and operator of a small guest house in the Hokkaido town of Suttsu, population 2,700. He was born in Suttsu, and after living there until...
CNIC Statement: We Resolutely Protest the Revision of the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of Nuclear Waste
— Amplifying mistrust and division; creating local flashpoints — April 28, 2023 On April 28, the Cabinet approved a draft revision of the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of Specified Radioactive Waste. The...