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Saturday 15 March: Solidarity March & Rally in London
Tuesday 11 March: Candlelit Vigil

Monday 10 March; Public Meeting in LondonJoin us to march in London, to mark the 3rd anniversary of the ongoing Fukushima disaster, in international solidarity with people in Japan and for a nuclear-free world.We, Japanese expats and UK citizens, are speaking with one voice as world citizens. We want all the governments to abolish nuclear power generation, to prevent the further release and spread of radioactive materials, to implement policies to protect people’s health and lives and to uphold citizens’ rights to engage in social activities and free speech.We are deeply concerned that radioactive contamination from the nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant that started on March 11 2011, has been spreading across Japan.The nuclear tragedies in Chernobyl and Fukushima have taught us that despite the guise of ‘peaceful use’, the destruction caused by a nuclear power disaster would be similar to nuclear war. Japan is the most earthquake prone country in the world and, currently, is in a very active seismic phase.Nuclear catastrophe in Japan would lead to long-term worldwide radioactive contamination. There is no safe method to dispose of nuclear waste. Using nuclear power means passing a burden to our children and their descendants. In addition, throughout the nuclear fuel cycle from uranium mining to decommission and waste storage, nuclear energy relies heavily on the sacrifice of workers who are exposed to radiation as they carry out these tasks. Given the deadly long-term toxicity of radiation released to the environment through use of nuclear energy, it must be said that nuclear power is both extremely dangerous and irresponsible. Nuclear power is not welcome in Japan, in the UK, and anywhere in the world.

Japanese Against Nuclear, Kick nuclear and CND are calling all the people in the UK to join the march, vigil, and the public meeting explained below:

** Saturday 9 March: SOLIDARITY MARCH
Assemble 12.30 at Hyde Park Corner for solidarity March to Parliament
with rally there, in Palace Yard, at 2.30pm

** Monday 11 March: Candle-lit Vigil
6.00-800 PM, opposite the Japanese Embassy
(101 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7JT)
(nearest tube: Green Park)

** Monday 10 March: Public Meeting
7.00 – 9.00PM, in the House of Commons

“Fukushima 3 Years On & Implications for UK Nuclear Power Plans”  Chair:Jeremy Corbyn MP, vice-chair CND;  Introduction by Kate Hudson, General Secretary, CND

Speakers:• Dr. Paul Dorfman• Dr. David Lowry: “Nuclear’s insecurity of supply” and “The truth about evacuation zones as a lesson from Fukushima.”• Speaker from Green Cross Switzerland: “Japan’s nuclear phase-out following Fukushima.”• Rik, a member of Kick Nuclear “Fukushima: What’s been happening the last few years.”• Geoff Read and Kevin Allwright, Fukushima refugees

Followed by: questions from the floor and discussion. Please give yourself half an hour to get through security. For further info contact London Region CND on 020-7607-2302

Organized by：Japanese Against Nuclear UK (JAN UK), Kick Nuclear, and CND