Category: Restart

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 1: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster

By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 2: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster

By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy   2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...

CNIC Statement: Operational Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Lifted – Is the Nuclear Regulation Authority Qualified to Make this Decision?

27 December 2023 Operational Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Lifted – Is the Nuclear Regulation Authority Qualified to Make this Decision? In March 2021, in connection with the violation of nuclear material protection...

CNIC Statement: Japan’s Upper House of the Diet throws out the lessons of Fukushima in passing the GX Bill

31 May 2023 On 31 May 2023, the House of Councilors passed the “GX bundled bill,” including legislation to extend the operation period of nuclear power plants and to promote the use of nuclear...