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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...
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...
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...
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...
On February 9 Toshiba announced that it had agreed to start discussions on establishing a joint venture for enriched uranium sales with Russian company Tenex. Tenex (Techsnabexport) is a subsidiary of Russia’s Atomenergoprom (AEP),...
In The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) posted a notice on its web site on January 7 saying that it had officially commenced the environmental and social screening process for two new nuclear...
As reported in NIT 117, a web of falsification and deception in Japan’s electric power industry was uncovered late in 2006. On 30 March 2007, all 12 power companies submitted reports to the government....
On 10 February 2007 the Mainichi Shimbun reported that in the course of tests being carried out prior to decommissioning the Fugen Advanced Thermal Reactor (ATR, 165 MW) it was discovered that concrete walls...
Over the years there have been all sorts of cases of data fabrication and falsification at nuclear, thermal and hydroelectric power plants. Each time the power companies and plant makers apologize and say that...
Proponents of nuclear energy claim that the world is on the verge of a nuclear renaissance. The Japanese nuclear industry is pinning its hopes on Asia. Six Asian countries already possess nuclear power plants:...
