Category: Safety

News Watch (September 26, 2026)

  Investigation Report on Misconduct regarding Design Basis Seismic Ground Motions at Hamaoka Nuke On September 14, Chubu Electric Power Co. released a report from its Special Investigative Committee regarding “inappropriate practices” in formulating...

CNIC Statement: Mission Impossible – Investigation Report on the Misconduct regarding Design Basis Seismic Ground Motions at the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station –

September 16, 2026   On 14th September, Chubu Electric Power (Chubu Electric) published a report (hereinafter referred to as the Report) from the Special Investigation Committee concerning ‘inappropriate practices’ in the formulation of design...

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants – Part 4: 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   4. The theory of highly complex technology systems indicates that nuclear power plants cannot be free...

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: 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...