Latest Nuke Info Tokyo now available!

The latest edition of Nuke Info Tokyo (NIT) has been uploaded to

https://cnic.jp/english/?p=5691

This issue includes a critique of the Japanese government’s 6th Strategic Energy Plan draft, which is still calling for nuclear to be 20~22% of Japan’s energy mix in 2030 and a critique of the UN report on health effects of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster. The Vice Chairman of the Niigata Prefectural Committee Investigating Evacuation Methods in a Nuclear Disaster tells us about the fundamental problems of TEPCO’s evacuation plan for its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant, which TEPCO is pushing to restart. We also include the latest data on what is happening inside the Fukushima Daiichi plant and the annual accident list for nuclear facilities in Japan as well as our regular News Watch and Who’s Who columns.