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On August 20 the Nuclear Industrial and Safety Agency released data relating to worker radiation exposure and the management of radioactive waste at nuclear facilities for the 2006 fiscal year. At nuclear power plants...
On 23 February 2007 the Federation of Electric Power Companies (FEPCO) published a compilation of Japan’s electric power companies’ “plutonium utilization plans” for the 2007 Fiscal Year (1 April 2007 – 31 March 2008). CNIC has...
First application of the “clearance” systemToyo Town and Uken Village enact ordinances rejecting nuclear waste dumps Three HLW laws passed MOX fuel fabrication plant passes first assessment Approval of pluthermal for Hamaoka-4 Mitsubishi Heavy...
By Yasuko Nomura* A bleached statue of the poet Takuboku Ishikawa1 sits in a small park in the city of Hakodate, which he loved so much. From this park, you can see the town...
I was invited to attend the Taiwan-Japan Civil Society Forum, held in Taiwan on June 16-17. The forum addressed the question of how to build grassroots networks. It was sponsored by the Taiwan Environmental...
completion of modifications, sodium refill, functional tests The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been carrying out modifications on the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280 MW) in preparation for restart (see NIT...
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...