Who’s Who: Oda Chiyo
By Muto Ruiko, Co-director, Network of Nuclear Disaster Victim Groups Ms. Oda Chiyo is a very pure-hearted person. She is like a girl who has advanced in age but whose heart has not...
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center Blog
Comments on the Analysis of the Fuel Debris Sample Retrieved from the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 2 Reactor
By Sakurai Megumu, former nuclear engineer The Events So Far A fuel debris sample from the Unit 2 reactor of Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has been extracted...
Environmental Standards and Hazard Maps Are Required to Deal with Radioactive Contamination – Iitate Village Radiation Dose Survey Results and Contamination Forecasts
By Imanaka Tetsuji, Kyoto University Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Changes in dose rates in Iitate Village Iitate Village lies in the Abukuma Highlands, 30 to 45 km northwest of the...
Fukushima Now (28) – Current State of Post-Accident Operations at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (August 2024 to January 2025)
By Matsukubo Hajime State of the Plant The water temperature in the containment vessels and the spent fuel pools (SFPs) shows no great variation despite seasonal temperature changes. The state of releases of...
Fukushima Now (28) – Will Radioactive Contaminated Soil be Distributed Nationwide?
By Yamaguchi Yukio This month marks 14 years since the Fukushima nuclear accident. It was so severe it put Japan under a “nuclear emergency declaration” that is still in effect. Peaceful daily lives...
14 years after the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Where is politics and justice headed?
11 March 2025 This year, 14 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan, which sets the basic direction of the...
CNIC Protests the Cabinet Decision on the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan
February 19, 2025 On February 18, 2025, the Ishiba Cabinet approved the Seventh Strategic Energy Plan, which removed the invaluable lesson learned from the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which...
Nuke Info Tokyo No.224 (January/February 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,...
Comments on the Remarks Made by METI and NUMO at the Interactive Briefing on January 23
January 30, 2025 On January 23, 2025 (Thu), the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO), the operator of the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste, held a national interactive briefing in Chuo-ku,...
NUMO’s Problem-loaded Literature Survey Reports
By Takano Satoshi ・NUMO submitted its literature survey reports on November 22. Public inspection and hearings were held until February 19. ・Doubts about completion of the report while ignoring the results of the dating of...