Resisting the nuclear export and import policies in the age of climate crisis – Webinar on the International Joint Response to Nuclear Expansion.

No Nukes Asia Forum (NNAF) is organising this webinar on Tuesday 19 November. Note that the time listed for Australia is “ACST” – ie Adelaide time. Please adjust to fit your time zone.

It will be an opportunity to hear about South Korea’s nuclear export program. As you are no doubt aware, South Korea’s APR1400 and APR1000 reactors have been promoted by the Coalition as candidates for Australia. South Korea constructed the United Arab Emirates reactors on which the Coalition is basing its (unrealistic) timeline.

As the climate crisis grows more serious, countries worldwide are promoting energy transition policies to reduce the use of fossil fuels. Meanwhile, some countries also pursue strategies to expand nuclear power plants by including nuclear power in their energy transition policies. The nuclear industry is emphasizing nuclear power as an alternative solution to the climate crisis, and it is expanding with small modular reactors (SMRs) that are costly and not feasible at present and conventional nuclear power plants with long construction processes. In Asia, South Korea and Japan have been promoting the export of nuclear power plants to the Philippines, Turkiye, Indonesia, and Thailand. Nuclear power plants’ safety and economic feasibility are not achievable and this is an undemocratic policy.

In response, we will host a webinar with Asian nuclear disarmament organizations to examine the current status of nuclear power plant exports and explore ways to jointly respond internationally. We look forward to your interest and participation.

○ Date: November 19 (Tue), 2024, 3:00-5:00 PM (UTC+9)

– Turkiye (UTC+3): 9:00-11:00 AM

– India (UTC+5:30): 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM

– Indonesia/Thailand (UTC+7): 1:00-3:00 PM

– Manila/Taipei (UTC+8): 2:00-4:00 PM

– South Korea/Japan (UTC+9): 3:00-5:00 PM

– Australia (ACST, UTC+10): 4:00-6:00 PM

○ Location: Zoom Webinar / Zoom link will be sent via email later

○ Organized by: No Nukes Asia Forum (No Nukes Asia Form)

Korean organizers: Citizens’ Action for No Nukes, No Nukes News Media Cooperative, Yoon Jong-oh(National Assembly’s member) of the Progressive Party of Korea, National Assembly Economy Forum on Climate Crisis & Decarbonization

Philippines Organizer: Nuclear-Free Bataan Movement(NFBM), YoungBEAN, KILUSAN, Green Peace PH

Japan Organizer: Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center

Turkiye Organizer: Nukleersiz

○ Primary language: English / Interpretation: Korean

○ Presentations (15 minutes each)

Moderator: Korea (Kim Hyunwoo, No Nukes News) & Philippines (DJ Janier, KILUSAN)

Presentation 1: Korea’s Nuclear Power Plant Export Strategy and Issues / LEE Heonseok (Energy Justice Actions)

Presentation 2: Problems of Resuming Power Generation at the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the Philippines / NFBM

Presentation 3: The Overview of Japanese Failed Nuclear Exporting Project: Hajime Matsukubo(CNIC)

Presentation 4: On Nuclear Power Plant Projects and Problems in Turkiye and the Export Strategy of Russia/ Pinar Demircan(Nukleersiz)

○ Q&A and discussion: 40 minutes

○ Summary and closing remarks: 20 minutes

○ Contact: GreenReds@gmail.com

○ 참가 신청(한국어) : bit.ly/3AB2yjs

○ Registration Form(English): bit.ly/3AE0JlV