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Japanese Nobel laureates call for an end to nuclear power

Four months after the outbreak of the nuclear crisis, the committee said at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan (FCCJ), “The nuclear fuel continues to be over-heated and cannot be controlled and stabilized” and “the highly polluted water used as coolant is still unmanageable.”

‘World Peace 7’ calls for nuclear-free Japan, Mainichi Daily News, (By Shiro Yoneyama, Staff Writer), 11 July 11, Members of the “Committee of Seven for World Peace Appeal” issued fresh calls for an end to nuclear power plants in Japan and abroad on July 11, the four-month anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and subsequent crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. Continue reading →

July 11, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Uranium mining in Virginia opposed by Halifax Council

Halifax Council to step up opposition to uranium mining The Gazette Virginian 8 July 11, Halifax Town Council is set to take a firm stand opposing uranium mining in nearby Pittsylvania County.

At its monthly work session Wednesday night at Halifax Town Hall, council discussed possible strategies to get out the word on the hazards uranium mining presents to the county’s water sources.

Council had requested the county to include the Virginia Beach study, “A Preliminary Assessment of Potential Impacts of Uranium Mining in Virginia on Drinking Water Sources,” in the regional water supply plan. The county board of supervisors approved the regional supply plan at its June 20 meeting with the Virginia Beach study included.

A number of councilmen attended the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ meeting Tuesday night that featured Tom Leahy, Virginia Beach director of public works, speaking on how the water system downstream from the uranium mining operation would be affected in the event of a disaster resulting in a spill at the mining site.
Councilman Jack Dunavant, chairman of the Current Affairs Committee, said Leahy has agreed to come to Halifax County to speak to citizens on the impact of uranium mining. ……http://www.gazettevirginian.com/index.php/news/34-news/3486-halifax-council-to-step-up-opposition-to-uranium-mining

July 9, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, Uranium, USA | Leave a comment

Vermont citizens rally to support closure of Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor

Vermonters rally to support their state’s efforts to close VermontYankee, Greenpeace, by Jarred Cobb – June 27, 2011 Entergy Nuclear’s efforts to run their aging and dangerous reactor past its scheduled closure date were rebuffed again in Vermont last week. Citizens rallied outside the federal courthouse where Entergy is seeking an injunction to keep Vermont Yankee operating despite the state’s decision to close it down. Many of the folks present at the vigil live within the 10-mile evacuation zone, and know firsthand of Entergy’s incompetence and Vermont Yankee’s history of accidents. From carpenters to mothers and teachers to activists, Vermonters stood shoulder-to-shoulder todeclare: “We Support Vermont.”

Entergy’s refusal to accept Vermont’s decision to close the reactor is an affront to the democratic process and the demands of a majority of Vermonters. Last year, after an ongoing tritium leak, lies about underground piping, and a desire for a renewable energy future, the state senate voted overwhelmingly (26-4) to close Vermont Yankee as scheduled in March 2012. But now, the multibillion-dollar energy company has turned to high-priced lawyers and a federal court…. http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/news-and-blogs/campaign-blog/vermonters-rally-to-support-their-states-effo/blog/35460

July 2, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Japan’s atomic bomb victims call for move away from nuclear energy

Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations to strengthen its opposition to nuclear energy, Hiroshima Peace Media Center, (June 14, 2011),by Kohei Okada, At its annual meeting in Tokyo, held on June 8, the Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations (Nihon Hidankyo) determined its policy for this fiscal year, indicating that, among other actions, it will demand strongly that the Japanese government move away from the nation’s reliance on nuclear energy and call for the decommission of nuclear reactors that have been shut down. This intention goes beyond its previous policy of demanding “changes in Japan’s energy policy.”……..Japan Confederation of A- and H-bomb Sufferers Organizations to strengthen its opposition to nuclear energy – News – Hiroshima Peace Media Center

June 20, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

75% of Japanese want a nuclear free future – poll results

Japan poll finds most back a nuclear-free future,THE AUSTRALIA N AFP , June 14, 2011 ALMOST three-quarters of Japanese respondents to a newspaper poll favour a gradual phase-out of nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima atomic accident.

The Asahi Shimbun daily said in its weekend opinion poll that only 14 per cent were against such a gradual reduction.

The poll also showed 64 per cent of respondents believed “natural energy” such as wind and solar power would replace nuclear power in the future, while 24 per cent said they did not think so……..http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/japan-poll-finds-most-back-a-nuclear-free-future/story-e6frg6so-1226075144056

June 16, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

100 anti-nuclear rallies across Japan’s cities

around 100 anti-nuclear events were staged nationwide, including in the western cities of Osaka and Hiroshima, which were devastated by a US atomic bomb in 1945. In the capital an estimated 6000 demonstrators, some carrying placards reading “We don’t want nuclear power plants”, marched by the head office of the Fukushima plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), in a rally organised by the Japan Congress against Atomic and Nuclear Bombs..

Japan marks 3 months of pain News.com.au AAP * June 12, 2011 THOUSANDS of people rallied in Japan as the country marked three months since its horror quake and tsunami. Radiation continues to leak from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 225 kilometres northeast of the capital, amid simmering public frustration over the government’s slow response to the triple catastrophe…. Continue reading →

June 13, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Huge public interest as Beyond Nuclear meets Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Overwhelming public interest in Beyond Nuclear’s meeting with the NRC on US Mark I reactors – crashes agency phone line 9 June 11 Beyond Nuclear staffers Paul Gunter and Kevin Kamps met with a review board of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission on June 8, 2011 to supplement its April 13th petition calling for the suspension the operation of the 23 Fukushima-style General Electric Mark I Boiling Water Reactors in the US.

Access via the NRC telephone bridge line attracted such “unprecedented” public interest that the line crashed, delaying the start of the meeting by nearly 30 minutes.

The meeting was convened at the request of Beyond Nuclear by the petition process and opened to the public by Federal law.Become a co-petitioner with Beyond Nuclear.

June 11, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Netherlands nuclear activists block radioactive waste train

Greenpeace block nuclear waste transport, Greenpeace International by Justin – June 9, 2011 On Tuesday ten Greenpeace activists in the Netherlands chained themselves to railway lines to block a shipment of nuclear waste. The train, carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste from the country’s Borssele nuclear power plant, is currently en route to France. he highly radioactive waste in the three railcars contain a similar quantity of radioactive material to that released from the nuclear disasters at Chernobyl and Fukushima. The next two years will see ten such shipments to France.

The containers go by train from Belgium to the French nuclear plant at La Hague. There the waste is reprocessed. It’s a risky and polluting process in which radioactive waste is released into the environment.

Unbelievably, only 4% of the waste is converted into new nuclear fuel. The rest of it is returned to the Netherlands and remains dangerous for 240,000 years. However, the country does not have storage facilities to keep the waste safe for that incredible length of time. No-one does…..http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/greenpeace-block-nuclear-waste-transport/blog/35204

June 10, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Fresno California turns against nuclear power

Fresno supervisors back off nuclear power plan Mercury News, The Associated Press, 06/08/2011 FRESNO, Calif.—Fresno County officials have rejected plans for up to two nuclear reactors in the county.

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to withhold a letter of interest for the Fresno Nuclear Energy Group. The Fresno Bee reports that the group— backed by French energy giant Areva—is pursuing an energy park that could include two nuclear reactors as well as solar and biomass energy sources.

Some supervisors had spoken favorably of the group’s effort to explore nuclear energy. But they appeared to change their minds on Tuesday after hearing testimony from more than 20 people opposed to the project.

It’s not clear if the county’s vote will have any effect on the plant’s fate, which will be decided by state and federal regulators.

The Fresno nuclear group says it will continue pursuing the energy complex…..http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_18229776?nclick_check=1

June 9, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Growing opposition to nuclear power in Japan

Opposition to nuclear power plants grows in Japan , People’s World, 8 June 11, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo on May 26 announced that the JCP is launching a signature-collection campaign calling for the total withdrawal from nuclear power generation.

Shii at a press conference in the Diet (Parliament) building pointed out, “The ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant proves to the public the dangers behind nuclear power generation.”

Shunan City Assembly opposes Kaminoseki nuclear plant project The Shunan City Assembly in Yamaguchi Prefecture convened an extraordinary session of the assembly on May 27 and unanimously adopted a written opinion to call for the cancellation of the Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.’s project to construct a nuclear power plant in the neighboring town of Kaminoseki…….Although the nuclear power generation technology has not been fully established yet, successive governments have intensively built nuclear power plants in one of the world’s most earthquake- and tsunami-prone countries by sticking to the “safety myth” without having devised adequate safety measures, Shii emphasized….http://peoplesworld.org/opposition-to-nuclear-power-plants-grows-in-japan/

June 9, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

End nuclear loans guarantee – say millions of USA residents

WASHINGTON, DC, June 2, 2011 (ENS) – More than 180 organizations and small businesses representing millions of Americans are urging members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to reject President Barack Obama’s request for $36 billion more for the U.S. Title 17 nuclear loan program, and instead to end the program entirely. Continue reading →

June 4, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Anger at Nuclear Regulatory Commission at Indian Point meeting

The problem I have with Entergy is that they have never been honest about any problems with the plant

Federal Officials Heckled at Meeting on Indian Point Nuclear Plant, WYNC News Blog June 03, 2011 Audience members at a raucous public meeting on safety at Indian Point nuclear plant Thursday night heckled officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission — calling the federal officials “Liars!” and “lap dogs!”….The meeting was the first opportunity for public comment on the agency’s regulation of the nuclear facility since the crisis at the reactor in Japan began to unfold in March. Continue reading →

June 4, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | opposition to nuclear, USA | Leave a comment

Farmers in India resolute against Bhavnagar nuclear power plant

Gujarat: Farmers oppose nuclear power plant in Bhavnagar, West: India Today, D. P. Bhattachary | Mithi Virdi Village (Bhavnagar), May 30, 2011 A storm of resistance is brewing in the mango orchards of coastal Bhavnagar district.

As the Union government proposes to set up a 6,000 Mw nuclear plant at Mithi Virdi village, farmers from the five villages of Jaspara, Mithi Virdi, Khadarpar, Mandva and Sosiya have come together to pledge that they would die rather than give their fertile farmland for the power plant……. Continue reading →

May 31, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

Malaysia fight against Australian company dumping radioactive waste

Crucial questions remain unanswered especially regarding the safe disposal of radioactive waste…… officials from the nuclear watchdog would be pro-nuclear and therefore fail to produce a fair assessment of the Lynas plant.

Calls for local and environmental groups to be represented in the monitoring team have also gone unheeded…’Whatever their findings, our final agenda – which is our ultimate goal – is to stop Lynas.’..

Malaysia’s new rare earth plant provokes radiation fears – Monsters and Critics, By Julia Yeow May 29, 2011,Kuala Lumpur – In the quiet town of Gebeng in Malaysia’s central state of Pahang, a new rare earth plant has evoked fears of radiation contamination as residents desperately seek to stop the construction of the world’s largest such refinery. The 700-million-ringgit (233 million dollars) refinery is being constructed by Australia’s Lynas Corp, which plans to ship rare earth ore mined from Western Australia’s Mount Weld to the Gebeng plant by September. ……

Continue reading →

May 30, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | ASIA, opposition to nuclear, Uranium | Leave a comment

Many thousands of anti nuclear protestors across Germany

25,000 attend anti-nuclear demo in Berlin, Tehran Times, 30 May 11, Tens of thousands of people have been demonstrating in 21 cities in Germany against the government’s energy policy, calling for an end to nuclear power.Around 25,000 anti-nuclear activists protested in the German capital of Berlin on Saturday. Similar rallies were also held in Dresden, Munich, Hamburg, Gottingen and other cities, where the protesters called for a swift exit from nuclear power, a Press TV correspondent reported.“We want to clear an indefinite decision that as many nuclear reactors as possible will close and that for others at least we get a precise date for the shutdown,” Thorben Becker of Friends of The Earth told Press TV……
A study by the German environment ministry has suggested that a phase-out by 2017 would be possible without causing blackouts. …..
Experts say it is crucial that Merkel and her CDU present a plan and a date for the nuclear phase-out as soon as possible, as the protests have sent a clear signal to the government that the majority of Germans oppose nuclear energy. …
tehran times : 25,000 attend anti-nuclear demo in Berlin

May 30, 2011 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Germany, opposition to nuclear | Leave a comment

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