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News Watch 106 (May/June 2005) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
10th shipment of High-Level Radioactive Waste Application for permission to construct MOX plant Shika Nuclear Power Plant suspended due to a fallen transmission line tower Construction Approved for Shimane-3 Two Nuclear Bills Passed the...
Group Introduction The Chernobyl Children’s Fund, Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
By Takayuki Kodera* The Chernobyl Children’s Fund, Japan, was founded in 1991 by photojournalist, Ryuichi Hirokawa. On numerous times following the 1986 accident, Mr. Hirokawa photographed on location, where he met children suffering from...
Final Reports on Mihama-3 Accident: Critical Facts Remain Unclear Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
1. What was the Mihama-3 accident? Nearly a year has passed since a pipe ruptured in the secondary system of Kansai Electric Power Company’s (KEPCO) Mihama-3 reactor (PWR, 826 MW, commenced operation 1976). The...
Recent Trends in Japanese Nuclear Industry Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
Refer to the two diagrams below for data on electric utilities’ expenditure and the nuclear industry’s sales and orders. On February 4th the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc. (JAIF) released a report on the state of...
2005 Electric Power Supply Plan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
The decline of nuclear energy – as seen in the 2005 Electric Power Supply Plan The Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry’s (METI) Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has released the 2005...
Pronounced aging of nuclear power plants Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
There are currently 53 operational nuclear reactors in Japan: 30 boiling water reactors (BWR) and 23 pressurized water reactors (PWR). Of those, nine (4 BWRs and 5 PWRs) commenced operations more than 30 years...
NPT Review Conference Japan’s inconsistency: calling for nuclear non-proliferation while extracting plutonium Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106
Introduction Scenes from a New York crowd (photos by Atsuko Nogawa) The Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is being held at the United Nations...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 106 (May/June 2005)
(720 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 106 Report on NPT Review Conference Japan’s inconsistency: calling for nuclear non-proliferation while extracting plutonium. (Click here to read article.) Pronounced aging of nuclear power plants There...