Group Intro: No to Genkai NPS! Karatsu Center
By Takano Satoshi The No to Genkai NPS! Karatsu Center started its activities in 2016. Led by the people who had filed a lawsuit against the use of MOX fuel at the Genkai...
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Onagawa and Shimane Unit 2 Reactors Restarted Nuclear reactors of the same type as Fukushima’s have been restarted at two nuclear power plants (NPPs), marking the first time in the 13 and a half...
Nuke Info Tokyo No.223 (November/December 2024)
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,...
Nuke Info Tokyo Crowdfunding Campaign: Thank you so much for your support!
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center would like to express our sincere gratitude for all off the support we received for our crowdfunding campaign. Following the major success of the first NIT crowdfunding in 2021, we...
Subcommittee on Specified Radioactive Waste Reports Nos. 9 & 10 – Discussions End on the Draft Literature Survey Report and the Review of the Communication Gatherings
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The 4th and 5th meetings of the Specified Radioactive Waste Subcommittee were held on June 17 and August 1, respectively. The discussions on the draft literature survey report and the...
Is it Possible for Citizens to Engage in Dialog with the Ministry of the Environment as it Promotes the Recycling of Soil Contaminated by Radioactivity
By Yumiko Fuseya, NPO Shinjuku Yoyogi Citizen Monitoring Center, Citizens Against Dissemination of Radioactivity What is the recycling of removed soil? I would like first to introduce myself. I am Fuseya Yumiko from the...
Reference Material: Workers’ Exposure Data (FY2023)
By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC) CNIC has compiled nuclear power facility radiation management data based on data published by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.* The number of workers engaged in the decommissioning work at Fukushima Daiichi...
Reference Material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of Dec. 31, 2023)
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Starting with the plutonium management data released at the end of 2022, the Atomic Energy Commission has drastically changed the way it used to describe the situation at each facility...
Reference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-Related Facilities (FY2023)
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) Major accidents and breakdowns at nuclear power plants (NPPs) and nuclear fuel-related facilities in fiscal 2023 are summarized in this report. The data were obtained from the Japanese database system...
Who’s Who: Mukohara Yoshitaka – A Person Having Both Feet Firmly on the Ground
By Somatani Kenta (Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee) Mukohara Yoshitaka Co-Director, Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee. Representative...