Nuke Info Tokyo No. 232 (May/June 2026)

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: Takakuwa Mayu

Translators: Pat Ormsby, Tony Boys, Nishioka Mayumi


Proofreaders: Tony Boys, Yamaguchi Yukio

Contents: 

People I Met While Supporting the Victims of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Accident By Kawata Masaharu

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Data By Matsukubo Hajime

15 Years After the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Look at Radioactive Contamination of Food By Tanimura Nobuko

Participation in Nuclear Power Subcommittees, No.19: A Full Set of Business as Usual By Matsukubo Hajime

Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants — Part 4. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: Underestimated Neutron Irradiation Embrittlement of Aging Reactors By Ino Hiromitsu

News Watch (May 14, 2026): Japan’s Government Okays Gargantuan Financing for New and Renovated Large-scale Power Supplies/ Literature Survey for Selecting Minamitorishima as HLW Disposal Site/ Shimane Unit 2: Fuel-cooling Leeway Misjudged for More than 30 Years/ No Record of Repairing Damaged Cap at Mihama Unit 3 for Nearly 50 Years

Voices from Fukushima

• 15 Years After the Nuclear Power Plant Accident: A 15-Year-Old at the Time Sees Through the Deception of the “Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy” By Wakana