Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
Possible increase of spent fuel to be reprocessed during active tests Step 3 of the active tests currently being carried out at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant were completed in April (see NIT 118). On...
CNIC Report (23 July 2007) At 10:13 am on July 16 a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck just off the coast of Niigata Prefecture on the Japan Sea side of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. As...
Two Indonesians opposed to their government’s plan to introduce nuclear power visited Japan from July 3-9. From Japan, they continued on to South Korea before returning to Indonesia on July 12 (see photos below)....
(992 KB) Indonesian Anti-Nuclear Activists Visit Japan/Korea Two Indonesians opposed to their government’s plan to introduce nuclear power visited Japan from July 3-9. From Japan, they continued on to South Korea. Japan’s Nuclear Earthquake...
Mihama-3 criminal case finalizedMHI and Areva agree on basic specs. for new reactor Uranium exceeding nuclear limit handled at nuclear fuel plant Application for clearance for waste from Tokai-1 Residents of Toyo Town reject...
By Members of the Group The conference shown in the above photo was held in Okayama City in February 2007. The purpose was to spread the success of the campaign in Okayama Prefecture to...
Bilateral agreements are one of several measures designed to ensure that the use of nuclear energy is restricted to peaceful purposes. Other measures include the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), safeguards agreements with the International...
As reported in NIT 117, a web of falsification and deception in Japan’s electric power industry was uncovered late in 2006. On 30 March 2007, all 12 power companies submitted reports to the government....
Step 3 of “active tests” at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant were completed on April 26th. Although numerous problems have arisen, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd (JNFL) has not officially changed the November 2007 scheduled date...
In a park in Vienna friends plant a tree in memory of Mayor ItohCeremony in memory of Nagasaki Mayor Iccho Itoh, slain on April 17th by a member of an organized crime syndicate. The...