Nuke Info Tokyo No. 216 (September/October 2023)

18 September 2023: 8,000 people gathered in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo to demand a ‘no nukes, no fossil’ future. Read the details in this edition of News Watch. Photo courtesy of WATASHI NO MIRAI 

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

Proofreaders: Tony Boys, Yamaguchi Yukio

CONTENTS:

The Fukushima Daiichi disaster and human rights—UN report highlights basic deficiencies in Japanese policy and practice By Caitlin Stronell 

All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste Part 2: Panel Discussion and Rally Appeal  By Takano Satoshi

Reference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2022)  By Kamisawa Chihiro 

Reference Material: Japan’s separated plutonium inventory (as of Dec. 31, 2022) By Ban Hideyuki

News Watch   ‘No Nukes No Fossil’ Rally held in Tokyo / Contaminated Water Discharged into Ocean despite Opposition / Movement to Construct Interim Spent Fuel Storage Facilities in Kaminoseki / Chubu Electric Power Also Investing in NuScale Power / JAEA and NNL Sign Memoranda on HGTR Technology

Who’s Who: Uehara Masayuki~ A genuine Tsushima guy protecting his island home  By Takano Satoshi