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Japan to Cooperate with America’s Fast Reactor Plans TerraPower, a US nuclear power development venture founded by Bill Gates, is planning to construct a “Natrium™” sodium-cooled fast reactor in the state of Wyoming. The...
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Who’s Who: Yoshizawa Masami and the Ranch of Hope
(Interviewed by Caitlin Stronell, NIT editor) Following the meltdowns at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in March 2011, the government issued an order that all livestock within a 20 km radius of the...
TEPCO’s assessment of the planned radioactive contaminated water release into the Pacific Ocean
Presentation by Shaun Burnie, Senior Nuclear Specialist, Greenpeace East Asia On 18 November 2021, TEPCO published its draft assessment on the radiological impact of their planned discharges of radioactive waste water presently stored at...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 205 (November/December 2021)
Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter 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,...
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY2020)
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) CNIC compiled the data below based on the reports from nuclear facility operators contained in the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan’s (NRA) “Radiation Management Report” published annually. Until FY2019, the...
Nuke Info Tokyo Crowdfunding Campaign: A major success, thanks to support on many levels from many people!
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center would like to express our deep gratitude for all of the support we received for our crowdfunding project which ended on October 31st. Thanks to this generous support, we were...
U.S. Declaration of “No First Use” and Japan’s Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Why is Japan able to restrain the U.S. nuclear policy shift?
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) The U.S. Biden Administration is currently working on the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). This work commenced in early July and is expected to be completed in early 2022. NPR signifies...
Symposium on Final Disposal of Specific Radioactive Waste held in Iwanai Town, Hokkaido
By Hideyuki Ban (CNIC Co-Director) More than a year has passed since the literature reviews began in October 2020 in Suttsu Town and Kamoenai Village, both in the Shiribeshi District of Hokkaido. The literature...
Finalization of the 6th Strategic Energy Plan and the Future of the Kishida Cabinet’s Nuclear Power Policy – The 2030 Nuclear Power Targets are Unattainable
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) On October 22, the Kishida cabinet approved the Sixth Strategic Energy Plan, which sets out the country’s medium- and long-term energy policy. The plan was submitted for public comment between...
Reference Material: Japan’s separated plutonium inventory (as of Dec. 31 2020)
By Ban Hideyuki (CNIC Co-Director) The amount of plutonium stored in Japan as of the end of 2020 has been announced by the Atomic Energy Commission. Significant changes include the amount of plutonium stored...