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Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Completion Delayed by a Year Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited notified the Nuclear Regulation Agency (NRA) of Japan on August 21 that its scheduled date for completion of work on the Rokkasho...
Category: lawsuit
Current situation regarding the court case demanding an injunction on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
English summary of article by Ito Yoshinori (Attorney, member of the legal team) So far, our court case demanding an injunction on the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KKNPS) has had 29 hearings, the last...
Group Intro: Interfaith class action against nuclear fuel cycle
Jonathan Watts, International Liaison Representative of Interfaith Forum for the Review of National Nuclear Policy was interviewed by Caitlin Stronell On 9 March, 2020 a group of 211 Buddhist, Christian and Shinto priests and...
CNIC Statement: Shikoku Electric should seek a new direction by becoming a pioneer in nuclear plant decommissioning
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center Statement, February 4, 2020 The Hiroshima High Court has issued a provisional injunction ordering Shikoku Electric Power Co. (SEPCO) to suspend operation of the Unit 3 nuclear reactor at its...
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Temporary Injunction against Resumed Operation of Ikata Unit 3 Reactor The Hiroshima High Court issued a provisional decision on January 17 forbidding operation of the Unit 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata...
TEPCO Criminal Trial: Defendants Acquitted
– Court Went Completely Out of its Way to Rescue TEPCO Executives by Kaido Yuichi (attorney representing injured parties in TEPCO criminal trial) Failure to acknowledge damage done and debasement of safety In its...
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Trial Conclusion and Sentencing in Fukushima Nuclear Accident Criminal Suit Set for September 19 The Tokyo District Court has set 19 September 2019 as the date for trial conclusion and sentencing of the three...
Hiroshima High Court’s ruling suspends operations at Ikata Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3
On December 13, 2017, the Hiroshima High Court ordered a temporary injunction suspending operations at Shikoku Electric Power Company’s Ikata NPP Unit 3. It is the first time that a Japanese high court has...
Court recognizes liability of the government and TEPCO in the Nariwai (livelihoods) Trial
The verdict in the “Give us back our livelihoods, give us back our communities” trial, which residents of Fukushima who had become evacuees due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (FDNPS) accident...
First Court Day of TEPCO Executives Criminal Trial ~Description of the Hearing
The first court day of the case against former TEPCO executives Tsunehisa Katsumata, Ichiro Takekuro and Sakae Muto for professional negligence leading to fatalities was held on June 30, 2017 in Tokyo District...
