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Lawsuit to Stop the Use of MOX Fuel at Genkai-3 Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Ohma Nuclear Power Plant Fukushima 1-3 Begins Operating with MOX Fuel Part of KEPCO’s MOX Fuel Fabrication Plans Postponed...
By Mikiko Watanabe* Members of Exposure to Low Level Radiation Research Group (Yukuo Sasamoto left) (Photo taken at Miyajima, Hiroshima by Mariko Shinoda) I am a member of the Exposure to Low Level Radiation...
1. Classification of Radioactive Waste Radioactive waste is produced at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel cycle facilities, and also through research, medical and industrial use of radioisotopes (RIs). The main nuclear fuel cycle...
The letter below, which was endorsed by 72 US NGOs, was sent to the Japanese Government on August 11, while Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear was visiting Japan. Also, on August 4 Kevin visited...
In a dozen years of involvement in the anti-nuclear movement in Japan I have found that there is surprisingly little overlap between nuclear energy related campaigns and nuclear weapons related campaigns. One notable exception...
On August 31 the Recyclable-Fuel Storage Company (RFS), established jointly in 2005 by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO – 80%) and Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPCO – 20%), began construction work on its “Recyclable...
On September 10 Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) announced that the commencement of commercial operations of its Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant would be delayed by two years from October this year to October 2012. This...
An accident occurred on August 26 at the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (280 MWe) in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture. Full details have not yet emerged, but it seems that it was quite serious....
On the afternoon of August 28, 300 people from around Japan gathered at a meeting in Kashiwazaki City hosted by the “Citizens’ Group to Protect Life and Home Town from Nuclear Power Plants”. Three...
(708 KB) Three Years Since the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake “We don’t need the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station” – report of demonstration and public meeting. Accident at Monju A 3 ton fuel loading device was dropped...