Nuke Info Tokyo No. 187 (November/December 2018)
NIT No. 187 (PDF) Blowout panels useless in an accident-Basic design fault in Tokai No. 2 NPP CNIC Statements: Don’t allow Tokai No. 2 NPP to operate beyond 40 years! Don’t Reprocess Fugen’s...
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Blowout Panels Useless in an Accident – Basic design fault of the Tokai No.2 NPP
Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR), the same as the reactors which melted down at Fukushima Daiichi NPS. Its containment vessel is also Mark II type. Tokai...
CNIC Statement: Don’t allow Tokai No. 2 NPP to operate beyond 40 years!
CNIC Statement 7 November 2018 On 7 November, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) approved changes to safety regulations that will allow Tokai No. 2 NPP (BWR 1100MW) to operate beyond 40 years. Tokai No....
CNIC Statement: Don’t Reprocess Fugen’s Spent Nuclear Fuel!
Don’t Reprocess Fugen’s Spent Nuclear Fuel!Continue Storing it and Work toward Direct Disposal–Stop the Irresponsible Deferment Policy and Shift away from Reprocessing– CNIC Statement 6 November 2018 Decommissioning work has proceeded on the...
CNIC Statement: Don’t push the risk onto citizens with the amendment of the Compensation for Nuclear Damage Act
CNIC Statement 12 November 2018 On November 2, a bill for the partial amendment of the Compensation for Nuclear Damage Act (hereafter, CND) was submitted to the Diet. In the first place,...
Reference Material: Radiation Exposure Data for Nuclear Industry Workers (FY 2017)
The Nuclear Regulation Authority released the FY 2017 ‘Report on radiation management in nuclear facilities’ on 17 October 2018 (www.nsr.go.jp/data/000249314.pdf) This data was compiled from the section on ‘Management of radioactive waste and exposure...
News Watch
Suspension of Ikata NPP Operations DiscontinuedOn December 13, 2017, the Hiroshima High Court handed down a provisional decision to suspend operation of Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata Unit 3 reactor (PWR, 890 MW) until...
Who’s Who: Masakazu Saeki: Kyoto community leader and organic vegetable grower
I don’t recall when I first met Saeki-san. Perhaps it was when I saw him working hard as one of the organizing staff at the national anti-nuke rally in Kyoto… This was a two-day...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 186 (September/October 2018)
NIT No. 186 (PDF) Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated Soil F-1 Accident: State of contaminated water treatment & citizen reactions Ref. Material: Japan’s Plutonium Inventory News Watch Earthquake and blackout in Hokkaido/ Application...
Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated Soil
Recently, the contaminated soil recycling demonstration project in Harase district, Nihonmatsu City, was cancelled due to local opposition. There are still two demonstration projects being implemented in Fukushima Prefecture, one in Minamisoma City and...
The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Current State of Contaminated Water Treatment Issues and Citizens’ Reactions
Seven years have passed since the accident at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO’s) Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in March 2011. This report will provide a general overview of how the reactor decommissioning is...
