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International
Symposium on the Truth of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Myth
of Nuclear Safety (August 30 & 31, 2012 Tokyo, Japan)
Statement: Toward a
New Era in which the people Choose the Energy (5 May, 2012)
Japanese NGO
Joint Statement calling for an end to plutonium production and
reprocessing (30 April 2012)
Joint
Declaration of No Nukes Asia Forum 2012 (23 March 2012)
Yokohama
Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World (15 Jan 2012)
The 5th
reduced-size edition of the Hangenpatsu-Shinbun has been released.
(November 2011)
Global
Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World (January 14-15, 2012
Yokohama, Japan)
"Goodbye
to Nuclear Power Plants" Rally (19 September 2011)
Urgent
International Petition: The Japanese Government should immediately
abandon its policy of promoting exports of nuclear power plants (31
August 2011)
Requests to TEPCO
& METI (NNAF 2011, August 2)
Statement by
Scientists and Engineers Concerning Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant (no.3) (May 19, 2011)
10
Million People’s Action to say Goodbye to Nuclear Power Plants
Fukushima Nuclear
Earthquake Disaster__CNIC updates, statement and links to
Ustream videos)
170+
organizations world wide urge Japanese Government to reject finance for
new nuclear reactors in the US (24 February 2011)
Five in
Hunger Strike Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant (29 January
2011)
Petition
Concerning Feasibility Study for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant in
Viet Nam (December 15, 2010)
Viet Nam
Chooses Japan as "Partner for Building two Reactors" (2 November
2010)
Japan-India
Nuclear Cooperation: Letter from Japanese Citizens to Indian Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh (25 October 2010)
International
Appeal Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant (18 October 2010)
The 2010 No Nukes
Asia Forum Joint Statement (18-21 September 2010)
Japan-India
Nuclear Cooperation: International Appeal from Abolition 2000 Global
Caucus (13 September 2010)
Nuclear
Finance: US Groups Send Letter to Japan Government (August 11, 2010)
Proliferation
Problems with Japan-Russia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (July 28,
2010)
Three
Years After the Chuetsu-oki Earthquake hit Niigata Prefecture: We
Lament the Rush to Restart the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
(July 16, 2010)
Japan-India
Nuclear Cooperation: CNIC Protest Letter (29 June 2010)
Previous News
Flashes
Latest News Watch (from Nuke Info Tokyo newsletter)
News Watch (NIT153 Mar/Apr 2013)
-- New
guideline for nuclear disaster countermeasures
-- Radioactive materials
released before
venting at Fukushima Daiichi NPP Unit 1
-- Japan Atomic Power Co.
sells uranium
-- Toshiba to be given
preferential
negotiation rights in construction of new Finnish NPP
-- Japan Atomic Power Co.
and Marubeni to cooperate in Kazakhstan NPP plan
-- Japan to assist Saudi
Nuclear Energy
Plan
-- HLW returned from the
UK
News Watch
(NIT152 Jan/Feb 2013)
-- Hitachi’s
General Headquarters for Overseas
Nuclear Power Strategy
-- Rokkasho
Reprocessing Plant Begins Glass
Vitrification Tests
-- Fracture
Zone Investigations Show Active Faults
Highly Probable in Nuclear Plant Areas
-- Hamaoka
Nuclear Power Plants
Embankment Barrier Raised to 22 Meters
-- Britain
“Can Accept” Japan’s Plutonium
-- Japan
Atomic Energy Commission’s Position
on High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
-- LDP-New
Komeito Return to Power
-- The
Fukushima Ministerial Conference on
Nuclear Safety
-- Shipment
of Vitrified Canisters from Britain
in February
News Watch
(NIT151 Nov/Dec 2012)
-- Hitachi
Buys British Nuclear Power Company
-- JA’s
Nuclear Phase-out Policy
-- Ohma
Nuclear Plant Construction Restarts
-- Japan-India
Joint Statement of Cooperation in Nuclear Power Field
-- License
Expires for Sea Landfill of Planned Kaminoseki Nuclear Plant
-- Ordinance
for Referendum by Citizens of Shizuoka Prefecture on Restart of Hamaoka
Nuclear Plant Fails to Pass
-- Rokkasho
Reprocessing Plant Completion Plans Postponed
-- Regulatory
Commission Decision on Countermeasure Policy for Nuclear Damage
-- Formulation
of Nuclear Energy Policy Outline Frozen
News Watch
(NIT150 Sep/Oct 2012)
-- Restart of
Ohi Reactor Units 3
and 4
-- Government
Presents Twelve
Candidate Areas for Contaminated Soil Storage from Decontamination Work
-- Shizuoka
Prefecture Citizens’ Referendum
Request on Hamaoka Nuclear Plant Restart
-- Nuclear
Abolition Law, Proposal in
Parliament
-- “Innovative
Energy and Environment Strategy” Announced
-- Nuclear
Safety Commission Finally
Inaugurated
News Watch
(NIT149
July/Aug 2012)
-- Hitachi-GE
to Accept Ordesr for Lithuanian Nuclear Plant
-- Demands
for Nuclear
Plant Decommissioning: A Succession of Lawsuits
-- Around
7.5 Million
Signatures for Nuclear Phase-out Submitted to Government and Diet
-- New
Law Establishes Nuclear
Regulatory Commission
-- Demand
for a Citizens'
Referendum Ordinance Fails to Pass
News Watch (NIT148 May/June 2012)
--Abolition
of Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Units 1-4
--Fiscal
Year 2011 Facility Utilization Rate 23.6%
--New
Standards for Radioactive Cesium in Food
--Tokai
Mayor demands Minister of Economy decommission Tokai-2
--Inaugural
Meeting of Mayors for Nuclear Abolition
News Watch (NIT147 March/April 2012)
--Proposal
within the Democratic Party of Japan to stop the nuclear fuel cycle
--Draft
bill of law to overhaul nuclear energy organizations presented to
parliament
--International
Conference on Nuclear Safety in December
--Budget
proposal for nuclear energy doubling to handle accident
--Request
for Referendum on Nuclear Energy
Past Year's News
Watches
News Watch 145
(Nov./Dec. 2011)
News Watch 144
(Sep./Oct. 2011)
News Watch 143
(July/Aug. 2011)
News Watch 141 (March/April 2011)
News Watch 140
(Jan./Feb. 2011)
News Watch 139
(Nov./Dec. 2010)
News Watch 138
(Sep./Oct. 2010)
News Watch 137
(July/Aug. 2010)
News Watch 136
(May/June 2010)
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