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Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center November 11, 2020 On November 11, 2020, Miyagi Prefectural Governor Murai Yoshihiro held talks with Onagawa Town Mayor Suda Yoshiaki and Ishinomaki City Mayor Kameyama Hiroshi, the three leaders officially...
By Kataoka Ryohei (CNIC) The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) decided at a meeting last year not to produce its “Report on Radioactivity Management relating to Nuclear Power Facilities,” which it had been publishing each...
First NPP Equipped with Anti-terrorism Safety Measures Begins Operating Kyushu Electric Power Co. started up Unit 1 at its Sendai Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) on November 17. This is the first NPP in Japan...
By Tanaka Saneiki (Mr. Kuse’s son-in-law) and Yamaji Genta (head of the Toyotomi Town group to protect residents) In 1944, Kuse Shigetsugu was born in a family that ran a store in Tsuyama City,...
On October 27 the Japanese government will make an official decision on allowing the release of over 1 million tons of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station into the Pacific Ocean....
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center October 13, 2020 On October 9, Suttsu Town, Hokkaido and Kamoenai Village each officially decided to accept a ‘literature review,’ which is the first step in selecting geological disposal sites...
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, Tony...
By Nishio Baku, CNIC Co-Director In August, the mayor of Hokkaido’s Suttsu Town suggested that the town should consider applying for the “literature review” that is carried out in the run-up to the selection...
By Matsukubo Hajime, CNIC State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) varies mostly around less than 32oC and no great changes have been seen....
Selected accidents at nuclear facilities in Japan in 2019: