Create No Nukes World With Us
By Yoshiko Kobayashi* Members of the “Know Pluthermal” Shiribeshi Citizens’ Network I moved from Tokyo to a dairy farm 10 kilometers from the Tomari Nuclear Power Station in 2001. Tomari Village is in the...
July 16 was the second anniversary of the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake. The seismic force that struck Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO) Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station (KK) was unprecedented in the history of nuclear power. Start-up...
Active testing of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is on hold due to repeated problems with the vitrification facility. Completion of the tests was rescheduled for August this year, but that target is clearly unachievable....
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has decided to add multiple myeloma and malignant lymphoma to its list of radiation-induced conditions eligible for workers’ compensation. The list of recognized radiation-related conditions was...
(552 KB) Certification of Sufferers of Atomic Bomb-Related Diseases Victorious lawsuits force government to review criteria. Multiple Myeloma and Malignant Lymphoma on Workers’ Compo List The list of recognized radiation-related conditions was established by...
1. Victories in Court On May 28, 2009, in the 18th consecutive victory for the hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), the Tokyo High Court recognized nine more plaintiffs as sufferers of atomic bomb-related diseases (hereafter...
Subcommittee releases draft international strategy Institutional preparations for international cooperation Memorandum of Cooperation with Jordan Work begins on China’s first AP1000 Kharasan uranium mine opened Hitachi falsified data about heat treatment of pipe welds...
By Philip White* Kamanaka Hitomi was a late comer to nuclear issues, but in a short time she has had a huge impact on the grass-roots movement in Japan. Her film Rokkasho Rapsody has...
On May 18, 2009, two British-flagged vessels, the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Heron arrived in Japan from France carrying 1.7 metric tons of weapons-usable plutonium contained in 65 assemblies of MOX (mixed plutonium and...
On April 28, the Tokyo High Court handed down its verdict on the late Mitsuaki Nagao’s claim for damages against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). Nagao’s family had appealed a May 23, 2008 decision...