Report on the 16th No Nukes Asia Forum Nuke Info Tokyo No. 163
In front of No.2 Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan The No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held on Taiwan from September 26 to 29. NNAF is an annual conference held by a network...
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2014 World Conference against A & H bombs marks the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 162
Screening of “Nuclear Savage – The Islands of Secret Project 4.1” The 2014 World Conference against A & H bombs was held in Hiroshima on August 4-6, and in Nagasaki, on August 7-9,...
A business analysis of Japan’s NPP export to Turkey Nuke Info Tokyo No. 161
Yasuro Kawai Leader of a plant engineers’ group monitoring the decommissioning process of nuclear power plants Anti-nuclear movement in Turkey, Photo by AntiNükleer Sinop Introduction The Japan-Turkey Agreement for Cooperation in the Use of...
Report from Turkey Sinop Says No to Nuclear Nuke Info Tokyo No. 159
Özgür Gürbüz, Anti Nuclear Platform* Rally against nuclear power in Sinop INTRODUCTION The idea of building a nuclear power plant in Turkey was first put forward about 60 years ago. Akkuyu in Mersin Province...
The Current State of Japan’s Nuclear Power Plant Export Plans Nuke Info Tokyo No. 159
With no prospects for the new construction of nuclear reactors inside Japan, Japanese nuclear reactor makers have turned their eyes overseas in search of a means of survival. This article overviews the current state...
Indonesian Nuclear Stalemate… Until 2014? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 152
by Dian Abraham * Map of Indonesia The long Indonesian journey on the road to nuclear energy has reached the third phase after the failure of the previous two phases in the decades of...
While More Nuclear Power Plants Are Planned in South Korea, the High-voltage Cable Tower Project in Miryang Is Becoming Increasingly Controversial Nuke Info Tokyo No. 151
by Satoshi Takano * Awareness of the controversy spreads due to local resident’s suicide by self-immolation in January Now that the Kori 1 reactor has been restarted, on August 6, 2012, the hottest nuke-related...
Actions against Kori 1 Reactor Restart Spread in South Korea ～Closure Demanded～ Nuke Info Tokyo No. 150
by Satoshi Takano * 12-minute station blackout The controversy was initiated by a March 13 news release from the Nuclear Safety Commission, a governmental authority of the Republic of Korea. It reported that Korea...
The Koodankulam Struggle Nuke Info Tokyo No. 149
S. P. Udayakumar Ph.D. * Photo of Mr. S. P. Udayakumar We have been fighting against the Koodankulam Nuclear power Project (KKNPP) since the late 1980s. This Russian project was shelved right after the...
15th No Nukes Asia Forum in South Korea Nuke Info Tokyo No. 148
“No Nukes”: Residents speak out in Samcheok and Yeongdeok, proposed sites for new nuclear power plants Photo by A. Kobayashi Since the Fukushima nuclear accidents, there have been moves around the world to reconsider...