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By Ino Hiromitsu, Nuclear Power Plant Aging Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo Every reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in operation gradually becomes brittle, exposed to neutrons emitted from the...
By Takashima Takeo, Member, Working Group on Nuclear Engineering and Regulation, Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction On March 14, 2025, the Nagoya District Court handed down a verdict against the plaintiffs in...
By Yamaguchi Yukio They say it is human to forget, but the results of a public opinion poll on whether or not to restart Japan’s nuclear power plants (NPPs) are nonetheless surprising. In...
By Kojima Hiroshi (Plaintiff Attorney) Nagoya District Court verdict On April 14, 2016, a lawsuit to decommission aging nuclear plants at 40 years was filed with the Nagoya District Court to prevent Kansai...
By Shibayama Yasuko (The Group of Citizens’ Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants Over 40 years Old) Lawsuit to Decommission Aging Nuclear Reactors at 40 Years: An administrative lawsuit seeking...
Former TEPCO Management Not Responsible for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Supreme Court and Tokyo High Court Rulings On March 5, in the trial of criminal responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Supreme Court of...
By Kawamoto Hiroyuki, Vice Chair, Union of Nuclear and Radiation-Exposed Workers On January 29 this year, regarding the lack of a response from Takenaka Corp., a primary contractor for work at the Fukushima...
By Shibayama Yasuko (Secretary General, Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old) We, the Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the...
By Kitano Susumu, Chief of the plaintiff group We, the “Decommission the Shika Nuclear Power Plant!” Lawsuit Plaintiff Group, are committed to the lawsuit filed to terminate the operation of Shika Nuclear Power...
Ido Ken’ichi, Attorney 1. Introduction I wrote about the filing of the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Suit in the March/April 2022 issue of Nuke Info Tokyo. cnic.jp/english/?p=5973 In this report I introduce how...