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By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) On July 21, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO HD) applied to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Minister of State for Nuclear Damage Compensation and Decommissioning...
By Matsukubo Hajime State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) varies mostly around less than 35oC and no great changes have been seen. The...
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) These materials summarize the main accidents and breakdowns that took place at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel-related facilities in FY2020. The materials are based on reports from the Nuclear...
NRA Suspends Review of Tsuruga Unit 2 The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) of Japan decided on August 18 to discontinue its review of the Unit 2 reactor at Japan Atomic Power Co.’s (JAPC’s) Tsuruga...
The Long-cherished Friendship between Kamata Satoshi and Takagi Jinzaburo through the Fight against the Nuclear Fuel Cycle By Takagi Kuniko It was about 1977 that I met Kamata Satoshi for the first time. Along...
Published in Japanese on September 23, 2021 We would like to point out that there have been serious misunderstandings about the nuclear fuel cycle in the discussions associated with the current Liberal Democratic Party...
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: Caitlin Stronell Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
By Nishio Baku (CNIC Co-Director) There is a system in place to make it easier for electric power utilities to dispose of low-level radioactive waste from their nuclear power plants (NPPs). In this system,...
By Matsukubo Hajime（CNIC) On July 12, the Working Group on Verification of Power Generation Cost (hereafter, WG) of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy, an advisory body to the Ministry of Economy,...
By Minami Takuto (Kajiwara & Minami Law Firm), Head of Bikini Disaster Litigation Team The Buried and Forgotten ‘Bikini Incident’ In 1954, the USA conducted six thermonuclear tests (commonly known as the “Operation Castle,”...
