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By Aono Yuuta, National Institute of Technology Kurume College, Nuclear Power Plant Aging Problem Research Group Introduction Issues #617-#620 of the CNIC Tsushin (NIT issues #229, #230, #231, #232) reported on the Nagoya...
By Ino Hiromitsu, Nuclear Power Plant Aging Problem Research Group, Professor Emeritus of the University of Tokyo Every reactor pressure vessel (RPV) in operation gradually becomes brittle, exposed to neutrons emitted from the...
Japan’s Government Okays Gargantuan Financing for New and Renovated Large-scale Power Supplies Proposed amendments to Japan’s Electricity Business Act were adopted by the Cabinet on March 24 and presented to the Diet. These...
By Takashima Takeo, Member, Working Group on Nuclear Engineering and Regulation, Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction On March 14, 2025, the Nagoya District Court handed down a verdict against the plaintiffs in...
By Kojima Hiroshi (Plaintiff Attorney) Nagoya District Court verdict On April 14, 2016, a lawsuit to decommission aging nuclear plants at 40 years was filed with the Nagoya District Court to prevent Kansai...
By Shibayama Yasuko (The Group of Citizens’ Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants Over 40 years Old) Lawsuit to Decommission Aging Nuclear Reactors at 40 Years: An administrative lawsuit seeking...
By Shibayama Yasuko (Secretary General, Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants Over 40 Years Old) We, the Group of Citizens Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the...
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...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy Introduction After the Fukushima nuclear power disaster in 2011, the Japanese government adopted the policy of “reducing...
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 2. Reviewing the safety of nuclear power plants The first nuclear power plants restarted after the...