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Second Experimental Retrieval of Debris Following up on the first experimental retrieval of debris at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 reactor in November 2024 (see the News Watch articles in Nuke...
Category: Economics of nuclear power
Envisioning a Future without Nuclear Power
By Matsukubo Hajime, Secretary General, CNIC Happy New Year to all our readers! We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your understanding and cooperation in the activities of the Citizens’ Nuclear Information...
Newspeak—“Nukes are Safe. Nukes Reduce Carbon.”
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Looking back at the situation regarding Japanese nuclear reactors in 2023, 12 nuclear reactors (11,608 MW) were operating, an increase of two reactors over the previous year, with Takahama...
NuScale’s plan for a small nuclear reactor, funded by JBIC, is cancelled, questioning the accountability of public financial institutions
A joint comment from CNIC and Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) 10 November 2023 NuScale Power, a U.S.-based company, has announced the cancellation of its plan to build a small nuclear reactor...
CNIC Statement: Japan’s Upper House of the Diet throws out the lessons of Fukushima in passing the GX Bill
31 May 2023 On 31 May 2023, the House of Councilors passed the “GX bundled bill,” including legislation to extend the operation period of nuclear power plants and to promote the use of nuclear...
Nuclear fusion is a never-ending dream
By Nishio Baku (CNIC Co-Director) The Green Transformation (GX) Basic Policy proposed by the Japanese government mentions nuclear fusion as one of the next-generation innovative nuclear technologies in its reference information. I doubted my...
CNIC Participation in the Nuclear Energy Subcommittee: Even More Subsidies!?
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) In the last Edition of NIT, CNIC staff member Takano Satoshi reported on the Radioactive Waste Working Group, which he is a member of. As Takano explained, post-Fukushima especially, government...
Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) invests in SMR development company NuScale
By Mitsuta Kanna, FoE Japan On April 6, 2022, Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) issued a statement protesting the decision of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), wholly owned by the Japanese...
Fukushima Now Part 1: The Fourth Comprehensive Special Business Plan ~Apple Pie in the Sky
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) On July 21, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO HD) applied to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Minister of State for Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning...
Power Generation Cost Working Group Finally Comes up with New Estimate
By Matsukubo Hajime（CNIC) On July 12, the Working Group on Verification of Power Generation Cost (hereafter, WG) of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy, an advisory body to the Ministry of Economy,...