Category: Nuke Info Tokyo
(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...
(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...
(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...
(980 KB) Kashiwazaki- Kariwa NPP Assessment of the impact of the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake runs into trouble Full MOX Reactor to Burn Japan’s Growing Plutonium Stockpile On April 23 the Minister of Economy Trade and...
(892 KB) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa: Translation of Japanese leaflet by Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant —We demand that the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant be closed...
(1.1 MB) Extension of Time Allowed Between Periodic Inspections of Reactors People wonder why now of all times, when problems of safety and quality control have arisen, should the time between periodic inspections be...
(708 KB) Hamaoka Verdict: Passing Judgment on the Judge After the Hamaoka hearings ended, the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake gave us a preview of the type of problems which might arise in the much larger earthquake...
(504 KB) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake: Lessons from the Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake Summary of a conversation between CNIC’s Baku Nishio and Chihiro Kamisawa IAEA Releases Report on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa There were some misleading comments in the IAEA’s August...
(992 KB) Indonesian Anti-Nuclear Activists Visit Japan/Korea Two Indonesians opposed to their government’s plan to introduce nuclear power visited Japan from July 3-9. From Japan, they continued on to South Korea. Japan’s Nuclear Earthquake...
(748 KB) NPT PrepCom and the US-India Nuclear Deal The Abolition 2000 AGM approved a statement to be handed to diplomats recommending that they challenge the US to show how the US-India nuclear deal...