Nuke Info Tokyo No. 134 (January/February 2010)
(1 MB) Monju Restart: Like Playing Russian Roulette Japan’s Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280MWe) is scheduled to restart by the end of the 2009 fiscal year (March 31, 2010). If it does...
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Nuke Info Tokyo No. 133 (November/December 2009)
(908 KB) 10.3 No Nukes Festa 2009 On October 3, about 7,000 people gathered in the rain in Tokyo for the first national gathering organized by the National Network Against Nuclear Energy since 2003...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 132 (September/October 2009)
(640 KB) KK-7 Stopped Due to Radioactive Leak, KK-6 Begins Start-up Tests Local groups demand that start-up tests be suspended until investigations into KK-7’s leaking fuel rod problem have been concluded and that both...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 131 (July/August 2009)
(552 KB) Certification of Sufferers of Atomic Bomb-Related Diseases Victorious lawsuits force government to review criteria. Multiple Myeloma and Malignant Lymphoma on Workers’ Compo List The list of recognized radiation-related conditions was established by...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 130 (May/June 2009)
(768 KB) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 Restarted It is the first reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant to be restarted since 16 July 2007, when the plant was struck by the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake. Seismic...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 129 (March/April 2009)
(888 KB) Stop MOX Shipments! A shipment of MOX (mixed plutonium and uranium oxide) fuel bound for Japan left the port of Cherbourg in France on March 5. The ships will go around South...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 128 (January/February 2009)
(1 MB) The Future of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 The bureaucratic processes are in motion to restart Unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant. The Japanese fiscal year ends on March 31. We expect...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 127 (November/December 2008)
(760 KB) Fuel Loaded into Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Unit 7 All seven reactors of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant have been closed since the July 2007 Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake, but Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began loading...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 126 (September/October 2008)
(720 KB) Monju Restart Delayed Again The latest delay arose as a result of the very long time taken to check equipment for detecting sodium leaks. Because these checks have taken such a long...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 125 (July/August 2008)
(1020 KB) No Nukes Asia Forum 2008 NNAF08 was held in Kashiwazaki-City and Tokyo from June 28-30, coinciding with a national gathering in Kashiwazaki to mark the first anniversary of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake. KK...