UK blockade of nuclear power plant shows growing opposition to new nukes
Stop New Nuclear comprises groups from across the UK, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), CND Cymru, Stop Nuclear Power Network UK, Kick Nuclear, South West Against Nuclear, Shutdown Sizewell, Sizewell Blockaders, Trident Ploughshares and Stop Hinkley..…
Activists hail nuclear plant protest, THE INDEPENDENT, By David Wilcock, 3 Oct 11, Protesters who blockaded a nuclear power station today have said their actions were a “phenomenal success” in shedding light on opposition to new nuclear reactors.
Members of several anti-nuclear groups who are part of the Stop New Nuclear alliance barred access to Hinkley Point power station in Somerset in protest against EDF Energy’s plans to renew the site with two new reactors. Continue reading
India’s Kudankulam anti-nuclear movement widens
Vehicle march from Kerala against Kudankulam nuclear plant, ROY MATHEW THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, October 3, 2011 Anti-nuclear activists under the aegis of Solidarity Council supporting Kudankulam anti-nuclear movements began a vehicle march to Kudankulam from here on Sunday morning. Continue reading
Kudankulam protest will re-ignite if nuclear building continues
Anti-nuke activists threaten to revive stir, Times of India TNN | Oct 3, 2011, TIRUNELVELI: Ten days after the agitation against the construction of a nuclear plant at coastal Kudankulam in southern Tamil Nadu was withdrawn, the anti-nuclear plant activists have threatened to revive the protest if the ongoing work in the multi-crore Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), was not suspended.
The activists, who spearheaded the 12-day protest by the villagers, have threatened that they would embark on a mass fast from October 9, if theCentral government failed to suspend the ongoing commissioning work in the nuclear plant by October 7.
Representatives of non-governmental organisations, social activists, anti-nuclear plant groups and community leaders took the decision at the consultative meeting held in Kudankulam to discuss about the future course of action on the project on Sunday. A group of activists from Kerala also visited Kudankulam to express their solidarity with the anti-nuke protestors here. “This time around we are planning to take the protest across the state rather than restricting it to Kudankulam or Idinthakarai,” said S Sivasubramanian, an anti-nuclear plant activist….. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/Anti-nuke-activists-threaten-to-revive-stir/articleshow/10213344.cms
Anti nuclear protest rally in Toledo, Ohio
Anti-nuclear activists rally in Promenade Park, By Dick Berry,TOLEDO, OH (WTOL), 1 Oct 11 – Anti-nuclear activists rallied Saturday in Downtown Toledo’s Promenade Park. They called for the closure of nuclear power plants like Davis Besse and production of more green energy.
The keynote speaker was Democratic Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kusinich. He says Americans need to ditch nuclear power and develop less expensive forms of energy, such as wind and solar technology.
“We could create millions of jobs doing that. We have to look at how we can get our energy going again, protect the jobs we have now and get our economy going again using new energy development.”….
“The technology is there with wind and solar. It’s just a matter of us having the political will to do it” says Michael Leonardi of the Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy…. http://www.wtol.com/story/15596725/anti-nuclear-activists-rally-in-promenade-park
Put nuclear plant in Tokyo – say protestors
About 50 anti-nuclear power demonstrators shouted: “Let’s build a nuclear power plant in Tokyo!”
“If they are not lying about nuclear safety, they might as well bring a nuclear power plant to Tokyo, right?” said organiser Angelo De Rosa, a 45-year-old Italian language teacher based in Tokyo. “In this rally, I also want to question if the government has provided people correct information on nuclear safety.”
The rally came a week after tens of thousands held one of the biggest anti-nuclear demonstrations in Tokyo, calling for an end to nuclear energy after the March 11 disaster sparked the worst atomic crisis since Chernobyl.
Demonstrators at Sunday’s rally carried banners showing remarks of authorities, politicians and professors that organisers said promoted nuclear power.
The crowds also mocked several politicians and scientists, including a Fukushima Medical University professor who reportedly said that radiation does not affect people who smile.With widespread public distrust of nuclear technology, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has pledged a shift away from atomic power, which accounted for a third of Japan’s energy supply before the disaster. http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gSEdloFcehuqDDOaf2HPlJCeH1fQ?docId=CNG.b1c65bdc1e0bef497e1f81f732897709.ce1
Kudankulam nuclear power project in earthquake prone area
‘Project unwise as area quake-prone’, Times of India, TNN | Sep 26, 2011, MADURAI: Activists opposing the Kudankulam nuclear power plant have alleged that the implementing authority has violated certain essential rules in the establishment of the project. Anti-nuclear committee member Dr R Ramesh has claimed that Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project officials got a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for setting up two reactors for generating 440 mega watts of power but had instead built two 1,000 mega watt units. He urged the state government either to suspend or cancel the NOC granted to the plant. Continue reading
Nuclear watchdog groups press NRC chairman to release damning internal dissent
Public interest groups call for nuclear regulators to halt the AP1000 reactor approval process FOE, 16 June 11, Jim Warren, NC WARN, 919-416-5077 Tom Clements, Friends of the Earth, 803-240-7268, tomclements329@cs.com
Citing more design mistakes and omissions, public interest groups call for nuclear regulators to halt the AP1000 reactor approval process
Watchdog groups press NRC chairman to release damning internal dissent
DURHAM, N.C. — In a legal motion filed today, watchdog groups pressed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to terminate the approval process for the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design. The groups said that a growing list of mistakes and omissions — and a 19th version of the experimental design filed just this week by the company — prove that the “rulemaking” process to approve the ever-changing design is legally “null and void.” Continue reading
People’s continued fight to shut down Japan’s nuclear industry
“The government and TEPCO need to admit to the crime they’ve committed. Then they need to work on making amends. This accident was not a natural disaster. It was caused by humans,” mayor, Tamotsu Baba, said……
even though Congressman Takano isn’t getting much support in the Japanese government for his campaign to shut down the country’s nuclear power plants, he is getting more attention from the public, and for now, that’s good enough, as he wants to mostly spread the word on a grassroots level, beyond his community and beyond the Tohoku region…..
Fighting for a radiation- free Japan, Aj Jazeera, D. Parvaz 16 Sep 2011 Communities in the Tohoku region are struggling for information, decontamination and a say in future policies…. The radiation contamination has created a pristine post-apocalyptic postcard, a place where no one is allowed to live and farmers are forbidden from growing anything. It will be years before the full extent of damage to area residents and ecosystem alike will be known…..” Continue reading
Kudankulam anti nuclear protestors resolute against Chief Minister
Anti-nuclear plant protesters in Tamil Nadu turn down Jayalalithaa appeal, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, 17 SEP, 2011, , JOE A SCARIA, CHENNAI: Protestors from three southern districts in Tamil Nadu have refused to give up their demand to shut down what is poised to be the nation’s newest nuclear power plant coming up in Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district.
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa Jayaram made a “kind appeal” to the protestors, including 127 people who are on a fast that entered the sixth day on Friday, to end their protest. She said the power plant had ensured all safety parameters, and that it was situated in the second zone of seismic activity where earthquakes were unlikely.
The protestors have turned down her plea. “The CM’s request was disappointing for all of those who are here demanding closure of the plant”, Amal Raj, a volunteer of the People’s Movement against Nuclear Energy which is spearheading the agitation against the nuke project told ET.
Among those who have thrown their weight behind the agitation to have the plant shut, is the local Radhapuram MLA, Michael Rayappan of DMDK, which was an ally of the ruling AIADMK in the assembly poll. … http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/anti-nuclear-plant-protesters-in-tamil-nadu-turn-down-jayalalithaa-appeal/articleshow/10012764.cms
India: Central and State govts ignoring huge anti nuclear protest
The non-violent struggle from people are not being responded to with seriousness by the state government and central government. There is a huge battalion of police personnel around Idinthakarai village.
Indefinite Fast Against Nuclear Plant in Koodankulam, By Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), 16 September, 2011,Countercurrents.org 5th day Update from Idinthakarai Indefinite Fast Koodankulam: The 25000 people who gathered in Idinthakari village for protesting against Koodankulam nuclear plant rejects Tamil Nadu Chief Minister freebies like mixy, grinder, laptop etc
No confidence in Seabrook nuclear plant environmental report
“..report appears to take a page out of the environmental report of the applicant,” … “That does not generate public confidence that you are doing anything other than promoting the (nuclear) industry.”….
Locals lambaste nuke officials on Seabrook plan, Seacoast Online, By Shir Haberman, September 16, 2011 HAMPTON — Officials from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission visited town Thursday to hear public input about possible environmental effects of extending the operating license for the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant until 2050.
The report, which the agency called preliminary, concluded, “The environmental impacts of license renewal for Seabrook Station are not great enough to deny the option of license renewal.”… Continue reading
Nuclear lobby is NOT winning its global battle for hearts and minds
the glue that has so long bound the French population to its unwavering belief in the virtues of atomic energy has begun to come unstuck. Even the country’s nuclear security authorities concede that there is no way of ruling out a serious accident at home…..
New power plants are unprofitable Even if reactors were 100 percent safe, experts have long warned of the economic risks they pose.
Fukushima spoils world appetite for nuclear power, Deutsche Welle, : Gero Ruter, 15 Sept 2011, In the six months since the Fukushima disaster, a global survey has detected mounting opposition to nuclear energy, especially in Asia. Yet Germany remains the only country to abandon the technology to date.
Several months after the nuclear disaster in Japan, market research company Ipsos asked citizens in 24 countries how they feel about atomic energy. Continue reading
Over 20,000 people in relay fast against nuclear power
have extended their support to the protestGovt calls for talks with anti-Nuclear Plant protestors, Hndustan Times, Press Trust Of India, Tirunelveli, September 14, 2011 As the protest against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant in the district continued to gather momentum with over 20,000 people staging a relay fast on Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Government invited representatives of the core group spearheading the stir for talks. Continue reading Following France’s accident, Koodankulam anti nuclear protest gathers momentum
this was not a struggle by a selective group of people. “Authorities are giving a colour that it is a struggle by fishermen against a nuclear project. But the fact is that all sections of people are participating in it,”
France nuke blast fuels Koodankulam agitation, New Indian Express, 14 Sept 11, TIRUNELVELI: As news about the explosion at a nuclear site in Marcoule, southern France reached the fasting agitators in Idinthakarai, the call to shut down the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) almost reached a feverish pitch. Continue reading
Increasing anti nuclear protest at Koodankulam
Protests against Koodankulam nuclear project gather steam News One, 14 Sept 11, Chennai, Sep 13 (IANS) Protests at Koodankulam in Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district, where a nuclear plant is to be commissioned soon, have been gathering steam with politicians joining the agitators. Over 125 people are fasting to demanding closure of the two 1,000 MW power plants being built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) with Russian help.MDMK leader Vaiko, who has lent his support to the protesters, told reporters Tuesday in Tirunelvelli that after the recent nuclear accident in Japan, there is increased awareness about atomic power and its hazards. He said the nuclear power project poses danger not only to the livelihood of the fishermen but also to the entire southern districts in Tamil Nadu.
According to S.P.Udaykumar, an anti-nuclear activist, the project poses danger to human life, and environment in the area. He said over 15,000 villagers will participate in relay fasts in support of those who are fasting indefinitely.
Those on an indefinite fast against the project include women, disabled as well as nuns and priests. Tirunelveli is around 650 km from Chennai. http://www.inewsone.com/2011/09/13/protests-against-koodankulam-nuclear-project-gather-steam/75963
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