Category: Data
Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of end of 2016)
On August 1 2017, Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission released data on plutonium storage conditions as of the end of 2016. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revised its evaluation methods for unirradiated plutonium in...
Fukushima Now Part 2: Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (January to June 2017)
State of the PlantFrom the water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs), and from the state of releases of Xenon-135, released when uranium fuel undergoes fission, and other measurements,...
Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (August to December 2016)
State of the Plant From the water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SPFs), and from the state of releases of Xenon-135, which is released when uranium undergoes fission, and...
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (Fiscal Year 2015)
Data for Fiscal Year 2015, on the radiation exposure levels of workers in various nuclear facilities, including nuclear power plants, reprocessing and waste disposal facilities and research and development facilities, was released by the Nuclear...
Japan’s Plutonium Problem
Data shows a major stockpile Disposal solutions hard to find The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) recently released the latest data on Japan’s plutonium stockpile (please click here to view) the total of which...
Interview with Lalita Ramdas, Indian environmental activist (NIT No. 172)
Lalita Ramdas, a former board chair of Greenpeace International and a founder of Greenpeace India, is also a senior member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP), an umbrella organization opposing both...
Report on 17th No Nukes Asia Forum (NIT No. 171)
From March 22 through March 24, the No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. About 30 people from India, Philippines, Turkey, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as about...
How Should We View Last December’s India-Japan Summit? ~Nuke Info Tokyo No. 170
Prime Minister Abe visited India on December 12 last year, where he held a summit with Indian Prime Minister Modi at which they signed a memorandum on entering into a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement...
Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station July to December 2015 ~Nuke Info Tokyo No. 170
State of the Plant Many of the measuring instruments installed in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) measuring system continue to malfunction as a result of the accident and there is no guarantee...