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On August 4th, two spent fuel assemblies were shipped from Kawasaki to DoE’s Idaho National Laboratory (see picture above). The fuel was enriched to 20% and was used in the Research Reactor (100 kWt)...
In South Korea on November 2nd, regional voting was held on a final disposal site for low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste. I visited South Korea during the voting campaign to attend a citizens’ symposium...
On June 12th the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) announced that it is considering sending 290 cubic meters of ‘uranium-contaminated soil’1 to the US. This ‘soil’ has been left abandoned near Ningyo Toge2, near...
Major problems have arisen with the cooling system of the vitrified high-level waste storage buildings at the Rokkasho nuclear fuel cycle facilities in Aomori Prefecture. When complete, there will be a total of five...
During the next Diet session, beginning in January 2005, a bill to introduce a ‘clearance’ system will be submitted as an amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel...
By Gan Nemoto (Ibaraki Anti-Nuclear Collective) Cartoon by Shoji Takagi The Japan Atomic Power Company’s Tokai gas-cooled reactor (magnox, 166 MW), located about 120km north east of Tokyo in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture is...
Cartoon by Shoji Takagi As is the case overseas, Japan too is looking to introduce a ‘clearance level’ for radioactive waste. Under this system radioactive waste with less than a certain...
On April 11, Tokyo Power Electric Co. (TEPCO) submitted its plan to construct an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuels in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture. Upon receiving TEPCO’s request, Mutsu set up a...
Why Geological Disposal in Japan? On 21 October 2000, CNIC sponsored a public debate entitled “Examining the Geological Disposal of High Level Radioactive Wastes.” Following is a summary of the background and the discussions...
