Nuke Info Tokyo No.228 (September/October 2025)

Nuke Info Tokyo is a bi-monthly newsletter that aims to provide English speaking friends with up-to-date information on the Japanese nuclear industry and the movements against it. 


Editor: Takakuwa Mayu

Translators: Pat Ormsby, Tony Boys, Nishioka Mayumi

Proofreaders: Tony Boys, Yamaguchi Yukio

Contents:

80th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing and the Problem of Nuclear Power – Nuke and Humanity Cannot Coexist By Kaneko Tetsuo

Post-nuclear-accident Radiation Protection as Seen from the Basic Policy for the Final Disposal of Contaminated Soil By Tanimura Nobuko

Reviewing the Safety of Nuclear Power Plants (4-part series) – Part 4: Resuming nuclear power generation is a highly dangerous choice that cause another Fukushima-scale disaster By Goto Masashi

News Watch: Kanden Resumes On-site Survey for Expansion of Mihama Nuke/ Results of Survey on Possible Siting for Kaminoseki Spent Nuclear Fuel Interim Storage Construction Plans/ Kanden to Spend 5 Billion Yen a Year Promoting Fukui/ Intensive ‘Clearance Waste’ Processing Business Founded

Group Intro Special Edition: Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center – First 25 Years of CNIC’s History in Retrospect – A Very Subjective Narrative from 1975 to 2000 By Nishio Baku