Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98 (Nov. 2003 – Feb. 2004)
(696 KB) Abandoned plans for Suzu and Maki Nuclear Power Plants: the beginning of the end? On Dec. 24th, 2003, Tohoku Electric Power Company officially announced that it was abandoning its plan to...
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News Watch 97 (Sep/Oct 2003) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Operation Postponed for One Year Government Agrees to Tax on the Storage of Spent Fuel Mutsu City Council Does Not Approve of a Plebiscite Electric Companies to Give Away Huge...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who: Kaori Kanda: A Storyteller who continues to tell the story of the Chernobyl accident Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
By Mamoru Fukae (Kyushu Denuclearization Network) 17 years have passed since the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, which sent shock waves around the world. While the tragedy of the accident is being eroded from people’s...
Perspective from 4th Anniversary of the JCO Criticality Accident Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
Since the criticality accident of September 30th 1999, the inside of the conversion test building, the site of the accident, has been closed to the public. In September, four years after the accident, JCO...
Energy Policy Basic Law and Energy Policy Plan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
Japan’s first Energy Policy Basic Plan (“Basic Plan”) was decided upon on October 7 by the Cabinet. This plan is devised in accordance with the Energy Policy Basic Law (“Basic Law”), which was promulgated...
Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle Policy Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) announced a decision entitled “Concerning the Basic Position on Japan’s Use of Plutonium” on August 5, 2003. The Commission took the view that, “In order to avoid giving rise...
Looking Back Over a Year of TEPCO’s Cover-up Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97
On August 29 last year, an announcement was made about the long-term cover-up regarding cracks in the reactor shroud. Over the following year numerous horrifying facts have been revealed one after another. The fragility...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 97 (September/October 2003)
(436 KB) Looking Back Over a Year of TEPCOs Cover-up On August 29 last year, an announcement was made about the long-term cover-up regarding cracks in the reactor shroud. Over the following year...
Cost of Nuclear Power in Japan
This article considers costs associated with nuclear energy which were not included in an electricity generation cost comparison published in 2003 by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). ANRE’s figures are shown...
Significant Incidents at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel Facilities in 2002
Date Operator/ Owner Facility Name Type Short Description of Events Jan. 30 KEPCO Takahama 4 PWR Damage to steam generator tube found during periodic inspection. Mar. 4 TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 1 BWR Reactor manually shut...
