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Japan’s inventory of separated plutonium at the end of 2009 was published on September 7, 2010 by the Japan Atomic Energy Commission. The end of year inventory has been published for each year since...
Press Release August 11, 2010 “Beware of Investing in New US Nukes” Visiting Expert Warns Japanese Government Tuesday, August 11 (Tokyo): US nuclear expert Kevin Kamps, who is currently visiting Japan, today sent a letter to...
Press Release July 16, 2010 We Lament the Rush to Restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station The Magnitude 6.8* Chuetsu-oki Earthquake hit Kashiwazaki City and Kariwa Village in Niigata Prefecture at 10:13 am on...
JAEA to cooperate with Vietnam on nuclear non-proliferation Cabinet approves Basic Energy Plan and New Growth Strategy Fukushima I-2: loss of offsite power during scram Chugoku Electric reprimanded Assessment of safety activities at nuclear...
By Hajime Yamaura* Wakako Yamamoto is a dentist in Hirosaki City. They call her the Joan of Arc of Aomori Prefecture.A lawsuit has been in progress for the past 20 years calling for the...
By Takeo Hashizume and Yoshitaka Mukohara* Environmental impact from 1oC sea temperature rise Reports of changes in the marine environment have become frequent in recent years. Fisherman everywhere say that they can’t catch fish...
October date for full operations definitely won’t be met The vitrification furnace at Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd’s (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is being restored. However, this only means that the prospects of resuming active...
It is three years since the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake struck the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (KK). (See CNIC statement on page 5.) Since then two reactors (Units 6 & 7) have resumed commercial operations and...
As mentioned in NIT 136, on May 6 the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280MWe), developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), was restarted for the first time in over 14 years....
On June 19, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Energy Ministers’ Meeting, held in Fukui City, Japan, issued a declaration concerning “Low Carbon Paths to Energy Security”. For the first time, the declaration included support...