The Study Group on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Security (chaired by Professor Tatsujiro Suzuki, Nagasaki University), established by the Security Studies Program of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, has published a set of policy recommendations entitled "Protection of Nuclear Facilities and Japan’s Role— In Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Attacks on Nuclear Power Plants.”
Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with two of the country’s nuclear power plants—Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia—seized by Russian troops. These Russian attacks on nuclear power plants shocked the world, not only because they constituted a gross violation of the Geneva Conventions, but also because there was a real danger that the slightest misstep could lead to a devastating disaster involving a massive release of radioactive substances.
Under these circumstances, the study group published a set of policy recommendations regarding the roles of international agencies and individual countries in ensuring the protection of nuclear facilities. The document also outlines issues that Japan should address as the host country of the upcoming G7 Summit.
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