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By Imanaka Tetsuji, Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University Changes in dose rates in Iitate Village Iitate Village lies in the Abukuma Highlands, 30 to 45 km northwest of the...
By Yamaguchi Yukio This month marks 14 years since the Fukushima nuclear accident. It was so severe it put Japan under a “nuclear emergency declaration” that is still in effect. Peaceful daily lives...
by Tanimura Nobuko Artificial radioactive materials released from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) are still being detected in the environment over a wide region. They are blown...
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...
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) Two accidents resulting in internal exposures occurred recently at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, where decommissioning work is in progress. The first was on October 25, 2023...
By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC) CNIC has compiled nuclear power facility radiation management data based on data published by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. * If we discount the harsh conditions of the decommissioning work at...
This is a translation of the second and third testimonies given by Plaintiff 6 and Plaintiff 5* on 7 September 2022, in the class action lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This lawsuit...
By Iida Katsuyasu, NPO Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center (TOSHC) The 24th round of ministerial-TEPCO negotiations on radiation-exposed worker issues was held on the afternoon of June 2 in a conference room at...
By Ito Fumika (Editor and Writer) On March 19, 2023, the author participated in the 2023 Fukushima Peoples’ Rally for Achieving a Nuclear-Free Fukushima held in Iizaka Town, Fukushima City. The main auditorium of...
Fukushima Prefecture has been implementing thyroid gland examinations for children (born between April 2, 1992 and April 1, 2012) who were living in the prefecture at the time of the earthquake and nuclear disaster....