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‘No Nukes No Fossil’ Rally held in Tokyo A rally and demonstration demanding an end to nuclear and fossil fuel and a transition to 100% renewable energy and a just society was held on...
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Who’s Who: Uehara Masayuki~ A genuine Tsushima guy protecting his island home
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) A man with a gentle manner and a sense of conviction in his humorous way of speaking, Uehara Masayuki is the representative of the Association for Consideration of Nuclear Waste...
“I believe that love, marriage, and childbirth are out of the question for me”: Testimonies of plaintiffs in the 311 Children’s Thyroid Cancer Trial
This is a translation of the second and third testimonies given by Plaintiff 6 and Plaintiff 5* on 7 September 2022, in the class action lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This lawsuit...
CNIC Brief: A new argument for considering the issue of contaminated ALPS water releases from Fukushima Daiichi
This brief examines the amount of radioactive material that has been leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station ever since the meltdowns occurred more than 12 years ago. It is huge. Both TEPCO...
CNIC Statement: We strongly protest the government’s decision to begin the release of contaminated water into the ocean
23 August 2023 The government announced that if weather conditions permit, it will release the radioactively contaminated water held at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the ocean on August 24. The government...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 215 (July/August 2023)
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly web magazine that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. Editor: Caitlin Stronell Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
Harsh criticisms and strong opposition to discharging contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi into the ocean~ Report on visit to South Korea
By Hideyuki Ban (CNIC Co-Director) I was invited to visit South Korea from May 8-10 and asked to give lectures on the projected release of the treated radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear...
Report on the 24th Ministerial-TEPCO Negotiations on Exposed Workers
By Iida Katsuyasu, NPO Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center (TOSHC) The 24th round of ministerial-TEPCO negotiations on radiation-exposed worker issues was held on the afternoon of June 2 in a conference room at...
All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste ~ Part 1: Keynote Address and Section Meetings
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) While pressure for municipalities to accept the literature survey (the first step in hosting a nuclear waste dump) is growing after the government’s revision of the Basic Policy on the...
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Spent MOX Fuel to be Sent to France for Reprocessing The Nuclear Reprocessing Organization of Japan (NuRO) and the Federation of Electric Power Companies announced on June 12 that plans for an experimental study...