Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
Workers’ Radiation Exposure Data for FY2009
On July 29 the Nuclear Industrial and Safety Agency (NISA) released its 2009 Fiscal Year (April 2009 to March 2010) report on radiation exposure incurred by people working at nuclear power facilities. The Japanese...
Nuclear Reactors Planned or Under Construction (As at March 2010)
2010 Nuclear Power Development Plan1 Power Company Location Power (MW) Commence(d) Construction Commence Operations Status Type Tohoku Electric Namie Odaka 825 FY2016 FY2021 BWR Higashidoori-2* 1,385 FY2016 or after FY2021 or after ABWR TEPCO...
Data: Japan’s Plutonium Use Plan 2010 Fiscal Year (September 17 revision)
On September 17, 2010 the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO) announced an amendment to Japan’s electric power companies’ 2010 plutonium utilization plans. The amendment took into account the fact that the start up...
Data: Japan’s Plutonium Use Plan 2010 Fiscal Year
On March 15, 2010 the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO) announced Japan’s electric power companies’ plutonium utilization plans for the 2010 fiscal year. See CNIC’s translation below. FEPCO also released data on the plutonium...
Data: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as at 2009)
Japan’s inventory of separated plutonium at the end of 2009 was published on September 7, 2010 by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission. The end of year inventory has been published for each year since...
Nuclear Finance: US Groups Send Letter to Japan Government
Press Release August 11, 2010 “Beware of Investing in New US Nukes” Visiting Expert Warns Japanese Government Tuesday, August 11 (Tokyo): US nuclear expert Kevin Kamps, who is currently visiting Japan, today sent a letter to...
Three Years After the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake hit Niigata Prefecture Nuke Info Tokyo No. 137
Press Release July 16, 2010 We Lament the Rush to Restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station The Magnitude 6.8* Chuetsu-oki Earthquake hit Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa Village in Niigata Prefecture at 10:13 am on...
News Watch 137 July/August 2010 Nuke Info Tokyo No. 137
JAEA to cooperate with Vietnam on nuclear non-proliferation Cabinet approves Basic Energy Plan and New Growth Strategy Fukushima I-2: loss of offsite power during scram Chugoku Electric reprimanded Assessment of safety activities at nuclear...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Wakako Yamamoto: the Joan of Arc of Aomori Prefecture Nuke Info Tokyo No. 137
By Hajime Yamaura* Wakako Yamamoto is a dentist in Hirosaki City. They call her the Joan of Arc of Aomori Prefecture.A lawsuit has been in progress for the past 20 years calling for the...