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First NPP Equipped with Anti-terrorism Safety Measures Begins Operating Kyushu Electric Power Co. started up Unit 1 at its Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on November 17. This is the first NPP in Japan...
Category: International
What should be done with Japan’s plutonium now stored in the UK? ~ Research trip report
by Caitlin Stronell, CNIC From September 11 to 21, Ban Hideyuki and Caitlin Stronell from CNIC visited the UK in order to survey opinions on what should be done with Japan’s 21.2 tons of...
Can Taiwan Phase out Nuclear Power? – Report on the NNAF 2019 Field Trip to Taiwan’s NPPs
by Tony Boys The No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) is held in different Asian countries or regions each year. This year, the 19th forum over 26 years was hosted by the Taiwan Environmental Protection...
CNIC Statement on Weakening of India’s No First Use Policy
CNIC Statement on Weakening of India’s No First Use Policy September 10, 2019 NPO Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center On August 16, India’s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted, “India … remain[s] firmly committed to the...
Report: Korea/Japan Plutonium Symposium Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policies in Japan and Korea ~Impacts and Alternatives~
By Caitlin Stronell and Matsukubo Hajime, CNIC On 26 November 2018 CNIC held an international symposium in collaboration with the Institute for Peace and Cooperation, Korea, as part of a research grant from the...
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries withdraws from the NPP project in Sinop, Turkey ~NPP makers need to switch to realistic track in the age of decommissioning~
By Matsukubo Hajime, CNIC On December 4, 2018, the Nikkei Economic Newspaper published an article entitled: “Turkish NPP: Government-private consortium, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, give up on construction.” We were not surprised by this...
Report on Third ‘Plutonium Delegation’ to US: An historic moment~ US-DPRK negotiations, extension of the US-Japan Nuclear Agreement and Japan’s plutonium stockpile
From June 24-27 CNIC, together with New Diplomacy Initiative, organized a delegation of Diet Members to visit the United States in order to discuss Japan’s plutonium policy with US Congress Members and officials. This...
Recognition of Exposed Workers in Japan and France: A report on an international survey and participation in the World Social Forum
Recognition of Workers’ Compensation Claims of Nuclear Power Plant Workers in Japan and the Beginning of an International Comparative SurveyThe number of workers registered under the Exposure Dose Registration and Management System up to...
Report: Japanese Delegation visits US to discuss plutonium stockpile and US-Japan 123 Agreement
From September 10 through 15, CNIC, together with Tokyo-based think tank New Diplomacy Initiative, organized a delegation of Diet Members and experts to visit the United States in order to draw attention to the...
PuPo 2017 Report: International Discussion of Japan’s Plutonium Policy ~Towards change for the future
On February 23-24 CNIC, together with the Union of Concerned Scientists, held an international conference at the United Nations University in Tokyo. The theme of the conference was ‘the US-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and...