Tag Archives: Japan

Renewable Energy vs. Nuclear Power: Taiwan’s energy future in light of Chinese, German and Japanese experience since 3.11 via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/06/10 by norma field

John Mathews and Mei-Chih Hu Taiwan is presently wracked by debate over the prospect of a referendum on the country’s Fourth Nuclear Power facility, currently under construction but subject to a ban on further works. The debate is focused on … Continue reading →

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Stop India-Japan Nuclear Agreement: An International Appeal via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2013/05/27 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Stop India-Japan Nuclear Agreement, Stop Nuclear Export Policy We, the undersigned, are concerned citizens of the world and we write this in support of the people in India and Japan. We stand in complete opposition to the India-Japan nuclear cooperation … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Revival Dying in Europe as Power Prices Slump: Energy via Bloomberg

Posted on 2013/02/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Czech atomic-plant expansion planned near the German border had been one of the few prizes left for Europe’s nuclear-power industry after the Fukushima disaster stopped projects from Switzerland to Romania. Russian and U.S. contractors have prepared to bid for … Continue reading →

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Unspeakable suffering: the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons via Reaching Critical Will

Posted on 2013/02/13 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

This publication examines the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and is aimed for civil society actors, academics, and governments that are interested in approaching weapons negotiations with a humanitarian lens. We hope it will be useful for the upcoming period … Continue reading →

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Japan Could Reprocess Nuclear Fuel from Korea via Energy Tribune

Posted on 2013/01/08 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The Japanese government is considering reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods from Korea, Vietnam and other Asian countries, the Tokyo Shimbun reported Sunday. Japan is the only country in the world that has no nuclear weapons but the facilities to reprocess … Continue reading →

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IAEA team tours India nuclear plant after radiation leak via The Naitonal

Posted on 2012/10/29 by yukimiyamotodepaul

JAIPUR // A team from the UN’s nuclear watchdog began a safety inspection yesterday at a power plant in northern India where dozens of workers were exposed to radiation in separate leaks this year. The inspectors were touring the Rajasthan … Continue reading →

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Nuclear power turns to developing world as west recoils from Fukushima via The Guardian

Posted on 2012/10/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

As the mood in Japan, Germany, Italy and even France hardens, China is restarting a £170bn reactor programme and India is looking to atomic power to shore up its creaking grid A nuclear fuel pellet the size of your little … Continue reading →

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(LEAD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan agree to close cooperation on N. Korean nuclear issues via Yonhap News

Posted on 2012/10/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Yonhap) — Nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed on Wednesday to closely cooperate on North Korean nuclear issues, foreign ministry officials here said. Lim Sung-nam, Seoul’s chief envoy to the six-party talks … Continue reading →

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About MOX: USA & Japan History via Fukushima Life

Posted on 2012/07/28 by yukimiyamotodepaul

日本とMOXのアメリカの歴史 – all found on the internet. About MOX USA Japan International.PDF

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Fukushima Watch: Lawmakers Rank the Safety of Japan’s 50 Reactors via The Wall Street Journal

Posted on 2012/06/29 by Tomomi Yamaguchi

In a country as small, crowded and earthquake-prone as Japan, vetting nuclear reactors for safety is key — as the March 2011 accident at Fukushima Daiichi showed. Japan is the only economy, besides Taiwan, that has so many nuclear plants … Continue reading →

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