CNIC Statement: NUMO Should Resubmit its Literature Survey
November 26, 2024 On November 22, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO) submitted its report on the literature survey, the first phase of the survey for the construction of a...
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Onagawa Unit 2 Shut Down During Restart Due to Problems The Unit 2 reactor of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s Onagawa Nuclear Power Station (BWR, 825 MW) was restarted on October 29 to resume...
View ArticleWho’s Who: Mukohara Yoshitaka – A Person Having Both Feet Firmly on the Ground
By Somatani Kenta (Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee) Mukohara Yoshitaka Co-Director, Stop the Sendai NPS! March 11 Kagoshima Rally Planning Committee....
View ArticleReference Material: Main Accidents and Breakdowns Occurring at Nuclear Power...
By Kamisawa Chihiro (CNIC) Major accidents and breakdowns at nuclear power plants (NPPs) and nuclear fuel-related facilities in fiscal 2023 are summarized in this report. The data were obtained from...
View ArticleReference Material: Japan’s Separated Plutonium Inventory (as of Dec. 31, 2023)
By Matsukubo Hajime (CNIC) Starting with the plutonium management data released at the end of 2022, the Atomic Energy Commission has drastically changed the way it used to describe the situation at...
View ArticleReference Material: Workers’ Exposure Data (FY2023)
By Tanimura Nobuko (CNIC) CNIC has compiled nuclear power facility radiation management data based on data published by the Nuclear Regulation Authority.* The number of workers engaged in the...
View ArticleIs it Possible for Citizens to Engage in Dialog with the Ministry of the...
By Yumiko Fuseya, NPO Shinjuku Yoyogi Citizen Monitoring Center, Citizens Against Dissemination of Radioactivity What is the recycling of removed soil? I would like first to introduce myself. I am...
View ArticleSubcommittee on Specified Radioactive Waste Reports Nos. 9 & 10 – Discussions...
By Takano Satoshi (CNIC) The 4th and 5th meetings of the Specified Radioactive Waste Subcommittee were held on June 17 and August 1, respectively. The discussions on the draft literature survey report...
View ArticleNuke Info Tokyo Crowdfunding Campaign: Thank you so much for your support!
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center would like to express our sincere gratitude for all off the support we received for our crowdfunding campaign. Following the major success of the first NIT...
View ArticleNuke Info Tokyo No.223 (November/December 2024)
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. Contaminated soil...
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