Nuke Info Tokyo 1991

NUKE INFO TOKYO 26 (Nov. /Dec. 1991)

• Plutonium Conference A Great Success
• Stop the Flow of N-Weapons Materials!
• The Situation in Europe
• Pu Contamination by Chernobyl Accident
• Speakers’ Appeal from the International Conference on Plutonium
• Foreign Delegates Toured Japan
• News Watch
  — PNC Asks for Uranium Conversion Experiment
  — Fukushima Town Council Asks for New Nuclear Reactor
  — Bombs Dropped Near Reprocessing Plant Construction Site
  — Monju Criticality Delayed
  — South Korean President Pledges to Go “Nuclear Free”

NUKE INFO TOKYO 25 (Sep. /Oct. 1991)

• AEC’s Ambitious Plutonium Program : Unrealistic and Controversial
• Japan Offers “Support” to USSR and East Europe
• Nuke Cooperation Expected in Asia
• The First UF6 Shipment Brought into Rokkasho-mura amid Protest
• Citizens’ Energy Forum Held
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Makoto Tsukamoto
• DATA: Workers’ Exposure person in 1990
• News Watch
  — Japan to do feasibility study for Indonesia
  — “Other firms possible” Kansai Chairman
  — Tomari 2 also had cracks
  — FRAMATOME Receives Chinese Order
  — Lawsuit to demand suspension of Takahama 2
  — High-level Radon Gas Found in Residual Soil

NUKE INFO TOKYO 24 (July /Aug. 1991)

• Anti-Nukes Urge Cancellation of IAEA Tokyo Seminar
• Tomari 1 Resumes Operation After Mere Makeshift Repairs
• Artificial Rock Bed in Kashiwazaki Creates Concern
• Protesters Urge to Refuse Indonesian Feasibility Study Order
• International Conference on Plutonium
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Nuclear Free TEPCO Shareholders Movement
• Significant Incidents at Nuclear Plants (July ~ Dec. 1990)
• News Watch
  — Reprocessing Plant Construction is Delayed
  — Surveys on High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
  — Plutonium Transport Escort Ship Launched
  — N-Power Cooperation with Developing Countries
  — North Korean Detector Admits to Recycling Facility
  — A Fishermen’s Co-op Refuses to Set up Negotiation Committee

NUKE INFO TOKYO 23 (May. /June 1991)

• Japan on the Brink of a Pu Economy
• Plans for Pu Usage
• Recent Developments since the Mihama 2 Nuclear Accident
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Aileen Smith
• 5th Anniversary of Chernobyl
• Significant Incidents at Nuclear Plants (Jan. ~ Jun. 1990)
• News Watch
  — Nuclear Inspection Plans
  — Reprieve for N-Export to Indonesia
  — Nationwide Campaign against Mitsubishi Kasei
  — Japan Concludes N-Power Cooperation Pact with USSR
  — Residents Informed of Planned Replacement of Steam Generators
  — First Legislation Passed Refusing Introduction of Radioactive Waste
  — Peel-Off Damage to Fuel Clads at Hamaoka

NUKE INFO TOKYO 22 (Mar. /Apr. 1991)

• A Major Accident that Nearly Ended in a Meltdown
• Local Governments Unprepared for Nuclear Accident
• Defeat in Aomori Elections
• News Watch
  — Shutdown at Tokai Reprocessing Plant
  — Plan for Pu Use Revealed
  — Japan-Korea N-safety cooperation agreement implemented
  — Successive Power Failures at Tokai Facilities
  — Mutsu gets official Recognition

NUKE INFO TOKYO 21 (Jan. /Feb. 1991)

• Comprehensive Critique of Rokkasho Project Published
• Horonobe Situation Still Unsettled
• International Uranium Forum in Aomori
• Nuclear Build-up in North Korea?
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Fusaichi Hirono
• News Watch
  — Poll Shows 90% Afraid of N-Power
  — Kubokawa Council Cancels Feasibility Study
  — Second Asian Confab to be Held in March
  — PNC locates Uranium mine
  — Nuclear Industry Shows Profit in Services
  — Fukushima II-3 Restarts Despite Court Battle
  — No HLW for Kuchiwa, Hiroshima!