Fukushima Now (29) – Part 1: What Constitutes Responsibility?
By Yamaguchi Yukio ■ In the 14 and a half years that have passed since March 2011, the cesium-137 that was released has finally made it to the halfway point of its half-life....
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Nuke Info Tokyo No.228 (September/October 2025)
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: Takakuwa Mayu Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
Group Intro: Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center – First 25 Years of CNIC’s History in Retrospect – A Very Subjective Narrative from 1975 to 2000
By Nishio Baku The Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC) celebrates its 50th anniversary in September 2025. Taking this opportunity, I would like to review the events of CNIC’s early days for the record. These...
Post-nuclear-accident Radiation Protection as Seen from the Basic Policy for the Final Disposal of Contaminated Soil
By Tanimura Nobuko Reflections on the aftermath of the nuclear accident The accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station brought about radioactive contamination of the environment, and “decontamination” to...
80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing and the Problem of Nuclear Power -Nukes and Humanity Cannot Coexist
By Kaneko Tetsuo, Gensuikin Peace Forum Chair Starting from Affirming the “Peaceful Use” of Nuclear Energy “We have renewed our determination that the prohibition of atomic and hydrogen bombs must surely be realized,...
Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants – Part 4: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that may cause another Fukushima-scale disaster
By Goto Masashi, Doctor of Engineering, Former Nuclear Plant Engineer, Member of Citizens’ Commission on Nuclear Energy 4. The theory of highly complex technology systems indicates that nuclear power plants cannot be free...
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Kanden Resumes On-site Survey for Expansion of Mihama Nuke Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kanden) announced on July 22 that it would resume its geological survey for siting a new reactor at its Mihama Nuclear...
Nuke Info Tokyo No.227 (July/August 2025)
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: Takakuwa Mayu Translators: Pat Ormsby,...
The Long Road from “Fusion” to “Fusion Power Generation”
By Imanaka Tetsuji, Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science Over the last few years, I have often heard it said that “fusion power generation is likely to be realized in...
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Former TEPCO Management Not Responsible for Fukushima Nuclear Disaster? Supreme Court and Tokyo High Court Rulings On March 5, in the trial of criminal responsibility for the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the Supreme Court of...