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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 Yumiko Fuseya, NPO Shinjuku Yoyogi Citizen Monitoring Center, Citizens Against Dissemination of Radioactivity What is the recycling of removed soil? I would like first to introduce myself. I am Fuseya Yumiko from the...
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...
CNIC’s Co-Director Ban Hideyuki posts a video on YouTube once a month where he discusses recent articles from Japanese newspapers. This is an English summary of the issues he discussed in the April post....
Demonstration project to compare cultivation with and without soil cover in Nagadoro District, Iitate Village By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) At Nagadoro District, Iitate Village, Fukushima Prefecture (a difficult-to-return zone), a demonstration project (previously reported...
by Kimura Shinzo, Laboratory of International Epidemiology, Dokkyo Medical University Introduction Typhoon Hagibis struck Japan on October 12, 2019, wreaking enormous damage across the nation. Fukushima Prefecture was particularly hard hit, where damage...
Recently, the contaminated soil recycling demonstration project in Harase district, Nihonmatsu City, was cancelled due to local opposition. There are still two demonstration projects being implemented in Fukushima Prefecture, one in Minamisoma City and...