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Onagawa Unit 2 Shut Down During Restart Due to Problems The Unit 2 reactor of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (BWR, 825 MW) was restarted on October 29 to resume...
Category: International
CNIC Statement: War in Ukraine and Nuclear Power Plants – Critical Situation Continues
August 27, 2024 Two and half years have passed since Russia launched its military invasion against Ukraine. There have been a great number of casualties on both sides. Russia is waging a war of...
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Takahama Units 3, 4 to Operate Past 40 Years Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 (PWR, 870 MW each), owned and operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden), began operating in...
CNIC Statement: Overseas Export of Radioactive Waste is Unacceptable – Uranium Waste from Japanese Nuclear Research and Development has been exported to a facility adjacent to indigenous sacred sites in Utah, USA –
June 24, 2024 Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been proceeding with its plan to export about 136 tons of uranium ore and ion-exchange resin with absorbed uranium, which had been stored at...
Problems of Overseas Melting of Large Metal Equipment Produced during Decommissioning, etc.
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Nuclear decommissioning generates large amounts of radioactive waste. Reducing the various types of radioactive waste generated by dismantling nuclear power plants is a major challenge for nuclear operators in...
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Both Kanden and Tohoku Electric Power Co. to Build On-site Spent Fuel Dry Storage Facilities Regarding plans to establish on-site dry storage facilities for spent fuel at the Mihama, Takahama and Ohi nuclear...
CNIC Statement: Nuclear Industry Dancing in Other People’s Shoes Regarding the Pledge to Triple NPPs
December 5, 2023 At COP28 in Dubai, the United States and the United Kingdom led a pledge to triple the world’s nuclear capacity by 2050 [i]. The 22 participating countries are the United States,...
No Nukes Asia Forum in South Korea
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The 20th No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held in South Korea for five days from September 19 to 23. This year’s NNAF gathering marked the 30th anniversary of the...
The Fukushima Daiichi disaster and human rights—UN report highlights basic deficiencies in Japanese policy and practice
By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) Last September 26 through October 7, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, made an official visit to Japan to investigate the situation regarding...
