Citizens' Nuclear Information Center
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By Takeo Hashizume and Yoshitaka Mukohara* Environmental impact from 1oC sea temperature rise Reports of changes in the marine environment have become frequent in recent years. Fisherman everywhere say that they can’t catch fish...
October date for full operations definitely won’t be met The vitrification furnace at Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd’s (JNFL) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is being restored. However, this only means that the prospects of resuming active...
It is three years since the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake struck the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant (KK). (See CNIC statement on page 5.) Since then two reactors (Units 6 & 7) have resumed commercial operations and...
As mentioned in NIT 136, on May 6 the Monju Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR, 280MWe), developed by the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), was restarted for the first time in over 14 years....
On June 19, the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Energy Ministers’ Meeting, held in Fukui City, Japan, issued a declaration concerning “Low Carbon Paths to Energy Security”. For the first time, the declaration included support...
By Ramboh* The Rainbow Kayak Squadron is a group of concerned individuals, including local outdoor guides and people from around Japan. Each member acts voluntarily in the belief that the Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant1...
On May 12, the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) announced an agreement by which Japan would throw a lifeline to the UK’s troubled Sellafield MOX Plant (SMP). SMP was originally designed to produce 120...
In February 2009 a working group on uprating was established within the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee for Natural Resources and Energy. The working group met on six occasions and...
Chugoku Electric is unqualified to operate nuclear power plants at all, let alone build a new one at Kaminoseki (see Group Introduction). On March 30 Chugoku Electric Power Company announced that it had failed...
On May 11 Niigata Prefecture’s technical committee on safety control of nuclear power plants endorsed the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa (KK) Unit 1 (BWR, 1100MW). KK-1 was shaken most (680 Gal*) and incurred the...
