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The Hamaoka nuclear power plant is safe. You can shake it, but you can’t break it. Thus wrote Judge Akira Miyaoka (long may his name be remembered) of the Shizuoka District Court in his...
reactor cannot withstand an earthquake On March 24th the Kanazawa District Court handed down a verdict demanding that operation of Hokuriku Electric Power Company’s Shika-2 reactor (1,358 MW ABWR) be suspended. There are currently...
he Kanazawa District Court has upheld the plaintiffs’ suit for termination of operation of the Shika-2 reactor. The reasons for the verdict were that the design basis earthquake was too small, that the Ohchigata...
“OK. They’ve won their court case. Now perhaps they can let Monju go.” Thus spoke CNIC Co-Director Baku Nishio, attempting to put a favorable light on the Supreme Court’s rejection of the twenty-year struggle...
CNIC frequently refers to legal issues in its articles about the campaigns being waged against nuclear facilities in Japan. We thought readers might be interested in some background on the various legal challenges that...
by Miwako Ogiso (Head of the Office for the Accusers Group in the Monju Court Case) METI’s appeal to the Supreme Court Concerning the Monju Fast Breeder Reactor, built by the Japan Nuclear Cycle...
The Mito District Court (15km from JCO in Tokaimura) where the ruling on JCO was delivered. On the morning of March 3, the Mito District court delivered a ruling on JCO Co. (JCO),...
the ground-breaking ruling on the Monju fast breeder reactor Picture: Plaintiffs’ lawyer holds up the High Court ruling which says “perfect victory” with a look of joy on his face and others congratulate major...
