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Data Fabrication for Hamaoka Restart Safety Review Chubu Electric Power Co. announced on January 5 that suspicions had come to light regarding the selection of representative waves in the seismic motion evaluation for...
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
Group Intro: Fukushima Network for Denuclearization — Opposing the national policy! History and Today
By Sato Kazuyoshi (Facilitator, Fukushima Network for Denuclearization) Fifteen years has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station disaster. The Fukushima Daiichi...
Reference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns at Nuclear Power Plants and Nuclear Fuel-related Facilities (FY2024)
By Kamisawa Chihiro Major accidents and breakdowns that occurred in nuclear power plants (NPPs) and nuclear fuel-related facilities in FY2024 are summarized in this report. The data were obtained from the Japanese database...
CNIC Statement: 2026 House of Representatives Election – The future of nuclear power should also be put to the public
January 27, 2026 On January 23, Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae dissolved the House of Representatives and the official campaign for the General Election/House of Representatives Election started today, January 27. There seems to be...
CNIC Statement: The Nuclear Regulation Authority should implement strict regulations to ensure its independence.
January 27, 2026 At the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), established on the basis of sincere reflection on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, a situation has arisen that casts doubt on the independence...
CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the restart of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 6.
January 23, 2026 On the evening of January 21, Unit 6 of Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO’s) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KKNPS) (ABWR, 1.356GW) in Niigata Prefecture, which had been in shutdown since March...
CNIC Statement: Data Fabrication Found in Formulating the Basic Earthquake Ground Motion for Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station – We demand a thorough investigation and a comprehensive review of the past screening process.
January 8, 2026 On January 5, Chubu Electric Power announced that it had “suspicions that the selection of representative waves in the ground motion evaluation for the Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station had been conducted...
Nuke Info Tokyo No.229 (November/December 2025)
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,...
Who’s Who: Hara Asuka – a Rising Star in Niigata under the NPS Restart Crisis
By Kuwabara Mie (Hara Asuka and Kuwabara Mie’s NPS Restart Holdback Project) In Niigata Prefecture, the controversy over the restart of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Station, whose operation...
CNIC Statement: Reflecting on “remarks” again – Regarding the moves toward restarting Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station –
On November 20, CNIC released a statement regarding the Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station. The next day, Governor Hanazumi Hideyo of Niigata Prefecture announced approval of the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS....