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By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) On March 18, 2023, CNIC held the second of its webinar series on “Critical Investigation of Japan’s basic policy on GX (green transformation).” It was titled “Problems on the government’s...
—How Will This Affect Restarts of TEPCO’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Units 6 and 7?— By Yamaguchi Yukio (CNIC Co-Director) Japan has seven nuclear reactors that have yet to be restarted despite qualifying under the new regulatory...
Japan This map shows the status and location of Japan’s nuclear reactor fleet. Of the 33 ‘operable reactors’ only 10 are actually operating. Seven of the 33 have passed the post-Fukushima safety regulations...
GX Promotion Bill, GX Decarbonized Power Supply Bill Passed Two GX- (Green Transformation) related bills Japan’s government had submitted to the Diet overcame much opposition to be passed. The GX Promotion Act (Act for...
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Tsuchiya Kazuyuki is the owner and operator of a small guest house in the Hokkaido town of Suttsu, population 2,700. He was born in Suttsu, and after living there until...
31 May 2023 On 31 May 2023, the House of Councilors passed the “GX bundled bill,” including legislation to extend the operation period of nuclear power plants and to promote the use of nuclear...
— Amplifying mistrust and division; creating local flashpoints — April 28, 2023 On April 28, the Cabinet approved a draft revision of the Basic Policy on the Final Disposal of Specified Radioactive Waste. The...
April 27, 2023 On April 27, 2023, the “Bill to Partially Amend the Electricity Business Act, etc. to Establish an Electricity Supply System for the Realization of a Decarbonized Society” was voted on...
15 April 2023 On 15 April 2023, the Federal Republic of Germany finally achieved nuclear phase-out. This event marks the beginning of the end of the global nuclear age. It also gives courage to...
On 13 April 2021, the then Prime Minister of Japan, Suga Yoshihide, announced that his government had authorized the release into the Pacific Ocean of over one million tons of radioactive wastewater from the...