Reference Material: Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2019)
Selected accidents at nuclear facilities in Japan in 2019:
Category: Data
Reference material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of 31 Dec. 2019)
By Ban Hideyuki, CNIC Co-Director The Atomic Energy Commission released the official report on Japan’s plutonium holdings as of the end of 2019. Significant changes included the amount of plutonium stored at reactors in...
Reference Material: Nuclear power plants and research facilities in Japan and East Asia
Our bi-annual summary of nuclear facilities in the East Asia region. Compared to the previous one, Japan’s nuclear fleet is definitely dwindling as permanent shutdowns continue. The same is true of Korea and Taiwan....
Childhood thyroid cancers confirmed by Fukushima Health Management Survey and others
Fukushima Prefecture has been implementing thyroid gland examinations for children (born between April 2, 1992 and April 1, 2012) who were living in the prefecture at the time of the earthquake and nuclear disaster....
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY 2018)
by Nishio Baku, CNIC Co-Director The Nuclear Regulation Authority decided at a meeting on 27 February 2019 that the ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ which they had released annually up until last...
Data: Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2018)
Selected accidents at nuclear facilities in Japan in 2018: cnic.jp/english/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/DATA-NPP-Accident-List-2018.pdf
Japan’s Plutonium Stockpile Data for 2018
by Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co Director) The 2018 official report on Japan’s stockpile of extracted plutonium revealed that the amount of such plutonium stored at the Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant...
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY 2017)
The Nuclear Regulation Authority released the FY 2017 ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ on 17 October 2018 (www.nsr.go.jp/data/000249314.pdf) This data was compiled from the section on ‘Management of radioactive waste and exposure...
Reference material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of 31 Dec. 2017)
On July 31, 2018, the Atomic Energy Commission published a report on management of the plutonium stockpiles held by Japan as of the end of 2017. Japan’s stockpiles of separated plutonium stored in...