Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog

Questioning the Obsolescence of Nuclear Power Plants – Part 1. Lawsuit to Revoke the Permits for Operating Lifetime Extensions for Takahama Units 1 & 2 and Mihama Unit 3: An unjust verdict unable to grasp the warnings about brittle failure

By Shibayama Yasuko (The Group of Citizens’ Seeking a Court Decision Ordering the Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants Over 40 years Old) Lawsuit to Decommission Aging Nuclear Reactors at 40 Years: An administrative lawsuit seeking...

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...