“I believe that love, marriage, and childbirth are out of the question for...
This is a translation of the second and third testimonies given by Plaintiff 6 and Plaintiff 5* on 7 September 2022, in the class action lawsuit against Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). This...
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Who’s Who: Uehara Masayuki~ A genuine Tsushima guy protecting his island home
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) A man with a gentle manner and a sense of conviction in his humorous way of speaking, Uehara Masayuki is the representative of the Association for Consideration of Nuclear...
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‘No Nukes No Fossil’ Rally held in Tokyo A rally and demonstration demanding an end to nuclear and fossil fuel and a transition to 100% renewable energy and a just society was held on 18 September in...
View ArticleReference Material: Japan’s separated plutonium inventory (as of Dec. 31, 2022)
The plutonium management data as of the end of 2022 was notated in a very different way from previous years. Previously, the data was presented in detail for each facility and each process. This was...
View ArticleReference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power...
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) This report summarizes the major accidents and failures at nuclear power plants and nuclear fuel-related facilities in FY2022. The data were taken from the Nuclear...
View ArticleAll Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste ~ Part 2: Panel Discussion and...
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) Following the first part of the report of the May 27–8 All Japan Civil Society Rally on Nuclear Waste, which appeared in the previous issue of Nuke Info Tokyo, this article...
View ArticleThe Fukushima Daiichi disaster and human rights—UN report highlights basic...
By Caitlin Stronell (CNIC) Last September 26 through October 7, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, made an official visit to Japan to...
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Nuke Info Tokyo No. 216 (September/October 2023)
18 September 2023: 8,000 people gathered in the Shibuya district of central Tokyo to demand a ‘no nukes, no fossil’ future. Read the details in this edition of News Watch. Photo courtesy of WATASHI NO...
View ArticleNuScale’s plan for a small nuclear reactor, funded by JBIC, is cancelled,...
A joint comment from CNIC and Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) 10 November 2023 NuScale Power, a U.S.-based company, has announced the cancellation of its plan to build a small nuclear reactor...
View ArticleCNIC Statement: Government Advisory Councils are not bodies that are supposed...
21 November 2023 According to an article in the Hokkaido Shimbun dated November 17, 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has learned that the draft of a literature review report...
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Group Intro: Lawsuit to Halt ALPS Treated Water Discharge
By Chiwaki Miwa, Plaintiff in Lawsuit Seeking an Injunction against the Release of ALPS-Treated Contaminated Water On August 24, 2023, the discharge of radioactive contaminated water from Fukushima...
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Plutonium Recovered through Reprocessing of Fugen Fuel to be Transferred to Orano The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) reported to Japan’s Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on September 19 regarding...
View ArticleReference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (2022)
By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC) CNIC has compiled nuclear power facility radiation management data based on data published by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. * If we discount the harsh conditions of the...
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No Nukes Asia Forum in South Korea
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The 20th No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) was held in South Korea for five days from September 19 to 23. This year’s NNAF gathering marked the 30th anniversary of the first event...
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Will nuclear power plants survive the climate crisis?
Introduction to the Study Report on Nuclear Power Plants’ Vulnerability to Climate Change By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Recently, some sectors in society are actively promoting nuclear power plants as a...
View ArticleNuke Info Tokyo No. 217 (November/December 2023)
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: Caitlin...
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CNIC Statement: Nuclear Industry Dancing in Other People’s Shoes Regarding...
December 5, 2023 At COP28 in Dubai, the United States and the United Kingdom led a pledge to triple the world’s nuclear capacity by 2050 [i]. The 22 participating countries are the United States,...
View ArticleCNIC Statement: Shameless Flouting of Local Ordinances Shows NUMO is not...
December 21, 2023 On September 27, in Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture, where there had been moves to apply for a literature survey, the first step in the selection of a final disposal site for...
View ArticleCNIC Statement: Operational Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant...
27 December 2023 Operational Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Lifted – Is the Nuclear Regulation Authority Qualified to Make this Decision? In March 2021, in connection with the violation...
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Who’s Who~Kataoka Terumi: A Feminist Christian Fighting for Human Rights
By Tomoki Fukui, Adjunct Lecturer, City University of New York, John Jay College Kataoka Terumi is a Christian feminist and a children’s rights, anti-irradiation, and antiwar activist whose...
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