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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...
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Who’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...
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Is 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...
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Subcommittee 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...
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Nuke 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...
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Nuke 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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Onagawa and Shimane Unit 2 Reactors Restarted Nuclear reactors of the same type as Fukushima’s have been restarted at two nuclear power plants (NPPs), marking the first time in the 13 and a half years...
View ArticleGroup Intro: No to Genkai NPS! Karatsu Center
By Takano Satoshi The No to Genkai NPS! Karatsu Center started its activities in 2016. Led by the people who had filed a lawsuit against the use of MOX fuel at the Genkai Nuclear Power Station, the...
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Denial of Approval to Restart due to Active Fault Under Tsuruga Unit 2 Reactor
By Kamisawa Chihiro Official decision to deny approval At the review meeting for compliance with the new regulatory standards 1) on July 26, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) review team...
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Envisioning a Future without Nuclear Power
By Matsukubo Hajime, Secretary General, CNIC Happy New Year to all our readers! We wish to express our sincere gratitude for your understanding and cooperation in the activities of the Citizens’...
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Report on Radioactive Cesium Concentrations in Seawater and Other Media
by Tanimura Nobuko Artificial radioactive materials released from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (NPS) are still being detected in the environment over...
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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...
View ArticleComments on the Remarks Made by METI and NUMO at the Interactive Briefing on...
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...
View ArticleNuke 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...
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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...
View Article14 years after the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power...
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...
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