Tadashi Narabayashi's Archives
【#928】Problematic Court Injunction against Nuclear Plant
June 13, 2022 The Sapporo District Court on May 31 issued an injunction against restarting the Tomari nuclear power station in Hokkaido. Since the Fukushima nuclear power station accident that acc...
【#904】Nuclear Power Plant Restart to Prevent Power Crisis
March 28, 2022 Since a serious nuclear power plant accident in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2011, Japan has promoted a policy of giving priority to renewable energy centered on solar photovoltaic...
【#893】Russia Seeking Sequential Control and Shut Down of Nuclear Power Stations in Ukraine
March 7, 2022 In the early hours of March 4, Russian forces intruded into the Zaporizhhzhya nuclear power plant compound in southern Ukraine and took control of the plant. With six of the 15 nucle...
【#890】Hydro-Nuclear Combo Recommended as Best Option at Diet
February 21, 2022 I was invited by the House of Councillors Research Committee on Natural Resources and Energy to give opinions as an unsworn witness using data on which the Japan Institute for Na...
【#885】Five Former Prime Ministers Fabricating History
February 7, 2022 After the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, set a direction of promoting investment in nuclear power generation, Junichiro Koizumi and four other fo...
【#872】Looming Global Comeback to Nuclear Energy
January 11, 2022 More than 40 countries agreed to phase out coal power generation at the 26th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP26, in Glasg...
【#845】COP at Turning Point
November 8, 2021 On November 2, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged up to $10 billion in additional support for decarbonization in Asia and other regions at the 26th conference of partie...
【#843】Utilize Japan’s Cutting-edge Technologies for Missile Defense
October 25, 2021 While neighboring countries such as China and North Korea are accelerating the development of hypersonic missiles, Japan has cutting-edge technologies to develop a defense system ...
【#834】Guessing About Kono’s Intimidating Remarks
September 27, 2021 In intimidating remarks to a senior official at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy as reported by Weekly Bunshun magazine, administrative reform minister Taro Kono loud...
【#828】Kono Has Yet to Seal Off Nuclear Phaseout
September 14, 2021 “I would restart and use nuclear power plants that can be used after confirming their safety,” Taro Kono told a news conference on September 10 when he announced his candidacy f...