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Nuke Info Tokyo No. 112 (May/June 2006)
(832 KB) Map of places mentioned in NIT 112 Shika-2 Verdict Demands Suspension of Operations Report on the Shika-2 verdict and the new draft earthquake design guidelines (Click here to read article) FBR Report...
News Watch 111 (March/April 2006) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
Pluthermal developmentsToshiba falsified testing data Request for withdrawal of Kumihama Nuclear Power Plan Japan-US-French cooperation on sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor Eighty-five percent of employees feel anxiety working at nuclear plants Material Unaccounted For Pluthermal...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Kazuyuki Takemoto: changing nuclear policy from the regions Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
By Noritomo Nagase* The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is the largest NPP in the world, with 7 reactors and a total power output of 8,212 MWe. It was built by the...
Toshiba gambles on Westinghouse Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
On February 6th Toshiba and BNFL agreed on the sale of Westinghouse to the former for $5.4 billion. Of this, Toshiba will pay 51-53%. Negotiations are proceeding to secure investment from other engineering firms,...
Chernobyl 20th Anniversary in Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
In September 2005 in Vienna the Chernobyl Forum released a report which estimated that around 4,000 people could have died or could die in the future as a result of exposure to radiation from...
Court rules in favor of plaintiffs Supports termination of operation of Shika-2 Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
he Kanazawa District Court has upheld the plaintiffs’ suit for termination of operation of the Shika-2 reactor. The reasons for the verdict were that the design basis earthquake was too small, that the Ohchigata...
Damage and cracking in BWR control rods Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
Problem of damaged control rods spreads Major damage to control rods, including cracks in over 40 places, was first identified in Toshiba control rods at the Fukushima I-6 reactor on January 1st during a...
Project to measure radioactivity released from Rokkasho Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
1. Objective It is impossible to operate the Rokkasho reprocessing plant without discharging radioactivity with the liquid and gaseous wastes. It is, therefore, important for citizens to have information that they can trust about...
Rokkasho: active tests to begin any day Nuke Info Tokyo No. 111
Active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant are expected to commence very soon. For the first time, plutonium will be separated from spent fuel at Rokkasho. Of course, Japan has been separating plutonium at...
