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Nuke Info Tokyo 118 (May/June 2007) (748 KB)

NPT PrepCom and the US-India Nuclear Deal
The Abolition 2000 AGM approved a statement at the NPT PrepCom in May.

Rokkasho Update: Earthquake safety and criticality design flaws
Earthquake safety deficiencies and problems during uranium/plutonium denitration tests.

Nuclear State and Industry: Bottomless Depths of Corruption
Nuclear regulator fails to demand that reactors be shut down, or to suspend licenses.

Bilateral Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
Japanese government wants to send to Russia uranium which was extracted from spent fuel reprocessed in the UK. It wants Russia to re-enrich this uranium.

2007 Electric Power Supply Plan and Nuclear Industry Developments
The 2007 Electric Power Supply Plan is quite divorced from reality and is a "plan" in name only.

Abolition 2000 working group established on the US-India nuclear deal.

Open Letter and Questions Concerning the Relevance of Nuclear Power in Addressing the Problem of Global Warming (sent to Professor James Lovelock, 26 April 2007) pdf 304kB

Click here for updates on active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant

News

Recent items

Japan: Say no to India-U.S. nuclear deal
CNIC article published in the Japan Times 14 April 2007)

Russia Enriching Uranium for Japanese Companies: Petition for termination of Russian enrichment of Japanese uranium (9 April 2007)

Malpractices at Japanese Nuclear Power Plants
Protest Statement by CNIC (2 April 2007)

Japan-Russia Uranium Enrichment Deal
Statement by Japanese and Russian Environmental Groups (28 February 2007)

US-India Nuclear Cooperation Deal
Letter to the Japanese government from members and representatives of civil society groups and peoples' organizations from India and Pakistan (1 February 2007)

Other Links to commercial media

CNIC's Anti-Nuclear News Service
News flashes etc.

CNIC's News Watch Column
Published in each issue of Nuke Info Tokyo

News Watch 118 (May/June 2007)
—Mihama-3 criminal case finalized
—MHI and Areva agree on basic specs. for new reactor
—Uranium exceeding nuclear limit handled at nuclear fuel plant
—Application for clearance for waste from Tokai-1
—Residents of Toyo Town reject high-level waste dump
—MHI becomes core FBR developer
—Shake at Shika 1.9 times greater than predicted
—Increased uranium imports from Kazakhstan

Special Features

Who's Who
Column with profiles of anti-nuclear activists in Japan

Latest: Kazuyoshi Sato: calm, but tenacious

Groups
Column introducing Japanese groups

Latest: No to Radioactive Waste! Committee for a Prefectural Ordinance

Haiku
Haiku published in each edition of Nuke Info Tokyo

Current Nuclear Issues in Japan

Rokkasho Village
Articles and data about Rokkasho and Japan's reprocessing and plutonium program.
Click here for updates on active tests at the Rokkasho reprocessing plant (where they are up to and the problems encountered).

Japan's Nuclear Policy
Information on Japan's current nuclear policy, including reports on CNIC's involvement in the Atomic Energy Commision's Nuclear Policy Planning Council.

Japan's Spent Fuel and Plutonium Management Challenges
(Report by International Panel on Fissile Materials)

Link to Musician Ryuichi Sakamoto's site opposing Rokkasho reprocessing plant

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