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Plutonium Recovered through Reprocessing of Fugen Fuel to be Transferred to Orano The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) reported to Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on September 19 regarding its policy for utilizing plutonium...
Category: Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
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...
Reviving the Nuclear Dream?
By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) and MV Ramana (Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.) ...
Government and Nuclear Power Industry Ignoring Engineering Principles
~ Reactor manufacturers’ advanced pressurized water reactor farce is exposed: By Goto Masashi, former Toshiba nuclear engineer 1. Post-Fukushima nuclear accident nuclear power plant (NPP) restarts sluggish Today, nearly 12 years after the reactor...
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...