Nuke Info Tokyo 1988

NUKE INFO TOKYO 8 (Nov./Dec.1988)

• Action on Anti-Nuclear Power Day
• Scrap Nuclear Fuel Cycle October Action by Hiroko Chiba
• Difficulties Mount After25 Years of Nuclear Power Generation
• Opposition Mounts in Hokkaido
• Plutonium Shipping
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Women’s Group to Stop Nuclear Power at Any Cost
• News Watch
  — Construction of Commercial Uranium Enrichment Plant Started
  — Utility Companies Declare Embargo on South African Uranium
  — Kansai Electric Co Increases Uranium Imports from Australia
  — Heavy Water Leakage at Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea
  — Ministry of Health & Welfare Reveals Data on Contamination of Imported Foods

NUKE INFO TOKYO 7 (Sept./Oct.1988)

• Vote No! Stop Tomari!
• Strong Opposition to Unloading of Fuel Rod at Tomari
• Mass Suit against Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
• Contaminated Food Imports Continue
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Miwako Ogiso
• The Recent Anti-Nuke “Boom”
• Data : Workers’ Exposure & Radwaste in1987
• News Watch
  — High Radioactivity Detected in Uranium Soil Waste
  — New FBR Development Plan
  — Radioactivity Leak at Takahama2
  — Nuclear Accident Compensation Law to Be Reviewed
  — Government Approves Construction of Two More Reactors
  — Group Asks Court to Block Tomari Nuclear Plant

NUKE INFO TOKYO 6 (July/Aug.1988)

• A Proposal for a Movement to Establish a “Denuclearization Law”
• Plutonium Air-Lift Opposed
• Nuclear Free Asia-Pacific Conference Held in Hong Kong
• International Uranium Congress
• Citizens Say “No” to Nuclear Power at3-day Rally in Noto
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Kashiwazaki Anti-Nuke Alliance
• News Watch
  — Expansions and Thinning of Control Rod Cladding Observed
  — Hikigawa Elects Anti-Nuke Mayor
  — Primary Coolant Leaks at Genkai
  — Bolt Damage Found in PWRs
  — Helicopter Crash Near Nuke Plant

NUKE INFO TOKYO 5 (May/June1988)

• Thousands Gather in Tokyo to Rally Against Nuclear Power Generation
• Pal Doj’s Speech Chernobyl Has Changed Our Way of Life
• Peter Welsh’s Speech Austria’s No To Nuclear Power
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Michi Kobayashi and Kumiko Miyamoto
• High Concentration of I-129 Found Near Tokai Reprocessing Plant
• Important Incidents and Accidents at Nuclear Power Plants in1987
• News Watch
  — Fishermen’s Co-op Stops Nuclear Reactor Plan
  — Load Factor in1987 Unusually High
  — PNC Submits Report on Proposed HLW Storage Site
  — Nuclear Law Amended
  — U Enrichment Plant Starts Operation
  — JNFI Applies for LLW -Disposal License

NUKE INFO TOKYO 4 (Mar./Apr.1988)

• More Than 3,000 People Protest Against Test at Ikata
• Radiation Council OKS Dumping of “Low-Level” Radwaste
• ICRP Publication26 to Be Adopted in Japan
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Takahashi Masukura
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Plaintiffs Against Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
• News Watch
  — Two Recirculation Pumps Fail Simultaneously at Hamaoka Unit 1
  — Fire at Fukushima 1 Plant
  — Successive Shutdowns at Tsuruga Plant
  — Control Rod Defects Found at Ikata
  — 2000 in Protest at Nuke Plant Hearing
  — Mutsu Conducts Tests at Its New Port
  — Kubokawa Mayor Abandons Plan
• Chernobyl Anniversary Rally in Tokyo Hopes to Receive Messages From The World

NUKE INFO TOKYO 3 (Jan./Feb.1988)

• Recent Cost-cutting Trends Pose Dangers for Nuclear Power Plants
• Steam Generators with Corroded Tubes Continue Operation
• Third National Anti-Nuke Rally in Tokyo Expects to Draw Thousands
• NFIP(Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific)Passes a Resolution Opposing the Japanese Nuclear Waste Dumping Plan
• Pacific Still Regarded as Nuclear Dustbin
• Anti-Nuke Who’s Who – Yuriko Shimizu
• Anti-Nuke Groups Active Around Japan – Apple Blossom League
• News Watch
  — Former Nuclear Plant Worker Still Seeking Compensation
  — Indonesia Postpones Nuclear Plant Project
  — World Symposium on Nuclear Safety Countered by Anti-Nuke Demonstrations
  — Protestors Rally against Plans to Air-Transport Plutonium