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India and Japan sign Nuclear Cooperation Agreement On November 11 in Tokyo, the India-Japan Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was signed, amidst loud protests outside the Japanese Diet, and in cities across India. For Japan, the...
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
Prof. Frank von Hippel’s lecture slides
Prof. Frank von Hippel, from Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, gave lectures in Tokyo on ‘Monju and Japan’s reprocessing policy’ and ‘Reducing the danger of spent fuel pool fires’ on November...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 174 (Sept/Oct 2016)
Please download the complete PDF file here Japan’ plutonium problem (including latest plutonium data in PDF file) Shared Dilemma: The plutonium problem in US and Japan The US Controversy over the possible adoption of...
Japan’s Plutonium Problem
Data shows a major stockpile Disposal solutions hard to find The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) recently released the latest data on Japan’s plutonium stockpile (please click here to view) the total of which...
Shared Dilemma: The Plutonium Problem in US and Japan
~Report on CNIC open research seminar with Tom Clements, Savannah River Site Watch On August 10, CNIC held an open research seminar with Tom Clements, Director of Savannah River Site (SRS) Watch, an NGO...
The US controversy over the possible adoption of “no-first-use” nuclear weapons policy — What is Japan’s involvement?
About the beginning of July 2016, the media began to report that the Obama administration is weighing the adoption of a “no-first-use” policy of nuclear weapons, which would limit the use of nuclear arsenals...
Japan and India: together on the wrong side of history
by Kumar Sundaram, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, New Delhi, India This year-end, the Indian Prime Minister will visit Tokyo and there are speculations that the India-Japan nuclear agreement will be finalised during...
Nuclear Reactor Restarts in Japan ~Utilities face costly and risky uphill battles
On August 12, 2016, Shikoku Electric Power Co. (SEPC) restarted Unit 3, an 890-megawatt (MW) pressurized-water reactor (PWR) at its Ikata Nuclear Power Station (INPS) in Ehime Prefecture. This nuclear power plant is situated...
Group Introduction: Beautiful Energy
by Jacinta Hin, Co-Founder of Beautiful Energy Beautiful Energy is a movement for peaceful energy born during the early days ―the summer of 2012― of the Friday protest against the restart of nuclear plants...
News Watch
Cabinet decides to scrap Monju At a meeting on 21 September, the Cabinet decided to decomission the Monju fast breeder reactor. The Chief Cabinet Secretary announced at the end of the meeting that an...