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Is Japan qualified to undertake reprocessing in Rokkasho? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 99
On 11th February 2004 President Bush, in a speech delivered at the National Defense University, made the following comment: ‘The 40 nations of the Nuclear Suppliers Group should refuse to sell enrichment and reprocessing...
First case of workers’ compensation for multiple myeloma Nuke Info Tokyo No. 99
On January 13th the Tomioka (Fukushima Prefecture) office of the Labor Standards Office accepted the claim of Mitsuaki Nagao that his multiple myeloma (a form of bone marrow cancer) was contracted as a...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 99 (March/April 2004)
(436 KB) First case of Workers’ Compensation for Multiple Myeloma On January 13th the Tomioka (Fukushima Prefecture) office of the Labor Standards Office accepted the claim of Mitsuaki Nagao that his multiple myeloma (a...
News Watch 98 (Nov 03-Feb 04) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
Is Fukui Prefectural Assembly really prepared to oppose nuclear reactors? FEPCO reconfirms target for pluthermal power generation project, but . . . FNCA ministerial-level meeting: ‘Nuclear power should be included in CDM’ Nuclear reactor terror...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who: Misako Ogawa: A Municipal Assembly Member Campaigning Against Nuclear Power Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
by Yoko Torihara* Misako Ogawa has been working for eight years as a member of the municipal assembly in the city of Kagoshima, 44 km from the Sendai Nuclear Power Station. She asks questions...
Developments Since ‘Monju’ Court Decision Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
by Miwako Ogiso (Head of the Office for the Accusers Group in the Monju Court Case) METI’s appeal to the Supreme Court Concerning the Monju Fast Breeder Reactor, built by the Japan Nuclear Cycle...
Defective Welding in Spent Fuel Storage Pool at Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
A leak from the Spent Fuel Storage Pool which occurred in Spring 2001 was discussed in NIT No.95 (May/June 2003). Since then Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) has continued its attempts to identify the...
Open Debate Held re Fuel Reprocessing Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
The chemical tests at Rokkasho have been completed and the uranium testing phase is scheduled to begin in April. However, even among the proponents of nuclear energy, calls for a moratorium have emerged. For...
Recent Developments in Nuclear Fusion Research Nuke Info Tokyo No. 98
1. Introduction Even now, the level of public awareness in Japan of ‘nuclear fusion energy’ is very low. However the government and people in the field are continuing their steady behind-the-scenes moves to make...