Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
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—Government’s coercive plans to restart nuclear power stations are of major concern— August 26, 2022 At the second meeting of the GX (Green Transformation) Implementation Council, the secretariat, in connection with nuclear power plants,...
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) On October 22, the Kishida cabinet approved the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan, which sets out the country’s medium- and long-term energy policy. The plan was submitted for public comment between...
NRA Suspends Review of Tsuruga Unit 2 The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan decided on August 18 to discontinue its review of the Unit 2 reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.’s (JAPC’s) Tsuruga...
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (issued in Japanese on April 29, 2021) On April 28, Fukui Prefecture Governor Sugimoto Tatsuji gave his consent to the operation of Kansai Electric Power Company’s (Kanden’s) Takahama No. 1,...
By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Is safe management and operation of nuclear power plants possible? 10 years have passed since the severe accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO) Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station...
— Our Response to the Recently Discovered Loss of Nuclear Material Protection Facility Functions at the TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station and the March 18 Court Decision Preventing JAPC from Restarting the Tokai Daini...
By Baku Nishio (CNIC Co-Director) On November 3, 2020, Unit 4 of the Ohi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) began a regular maintenance inspection, which meant that all four of Kansai Electric Power Company’s (Kanden’s)...
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center November 11, 2020 On November 11, 2020, Miyagi Prefectural Governor Murai Yoshihiro held talks with Onagawa Town Mayor Suda Yoshiaki and Ishinomaki City Mayor Kameyama Hiroshi, the three leaders officially...
(translation of Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Statement released on 28 July 2020) On 13 July 2020, at a meeting of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy Subcommittee on Basic Policy for Electricity...
By Ikeuchi Satoru (Chairperson of the Niigata Prefecture Verification Supervisory Committee on the Nuclear Power Station Accident) History and Significance of the Verification Supervisory Committee More than nine years have already passed since the...