Nuke Info Tokyo No. 211 (November/December 2022)

Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. 


Editor: Caitlin Stronell


Translators: Pat Ormsby, Tony Boys, Nishioka Mayumi, Karoji Sumie


Proofreaders: Tony Boys, Yamaguchi Yukio

CONTENTS:

Critical Note on the Interim Report of the Nuclear Power Subcommittee Innovative Reactor Working GroupBy Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC)

Notes on Participation in the Korea-Japan Nuclear Peace Pilgrimage  By Takano Satoshi (CNIC)

A Survey on the Concentration of Radioactive Cesium in Japanese Milk Samples (2021)–Investigating the origin of the contamination and assessing the risks of cases where the radioactive cesium level is below the Standard Limits for Radionuclides in Foods  By Tanimura Nobuko (NPO Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center) and Fuseya Yumiko (NPO Shinjuku Yoyogi Citizen Monitoring Center)

Reference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2021)  By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC)

Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (2021) By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC)

News Watch NRA Complicit in Abolishing NPP Operation Period Limits / METI Proposals for NPP Operation Period Extension Rules / Applications Filed for 60-year Operation of Sendai Units 1 and 2 / Doubling of Subsidies to Municipalities that Approve NPP Restarts / Mission of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to Japan / Compensation for Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Capital Repayment from TEPCO to take  until FY2064

Group Intro: Kansai Campaign Against Nuclear Waste　Sharing information and strategies on nuclear waste from a citizens’ perspective     By Kosaka Katsuya (Kansai Campaign Against Nuclear Waste)