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News Watch 119 (July/August 2007) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Toshiko Takeda: Representative of the committee preparing the lawsuit against the Ohma nuclear power plant Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Taiwan-Japan Civil Society Forum Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Toward Monju Restart Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Rokkasho Update Active Tests, Earthquake Faults Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Earthquake Japan’s Nuclear Safety Shaken to the Roots Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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...
Indonesian Anti-Nuclear Activists Visit Japan/Korea Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119
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)....
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 119 (July/August 2007)
(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...