The real face of GNEP: Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
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“Nuclear Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
May 23, 2007
CAN TV
Community Forum
[29 minutes 15 seconds]
[Google Video]
“Nuclear Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”
May 23, 2007
CAN TV
Community Forum
[29 minutes 15 seconds]
Why Japan wants more nuclear power after the Fukushima disaster | ABC News Japan to increase nuclear power as new crises overshadow fears of Fukushima repeathttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-12/rebirth-of-japanese-nuclear-power-industry/104922298
Japan Should Terminate MOX (plutonium and uranium) Fuel Program, Cease All Shipments from Europe Japan Should Terminate Fast Breeder Reactor and Reprocessing Programs For immediate release: May 18, 2009 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith (Green Action) 090-3620-9251 Philip White (Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center) +81-3-3357-3800 “We call on the Japanese government and electric utilities to terminate this and future MOX fuel shipments and cease from placing en route countries at risk. We call on countries potentially on the route of future MOX fuel shipments to join us in demanding the termination of these dangerous shipments” stated BAN Hideyuki, secretary-general of Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC), Aileen Mioko SMITH, executive director of Green…
Press Release / Briefing Paper 9 May 2014 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith cell: +81-90-3620-9251 email: amsmith@gol.com Will Japan Restart Nuclear Power Yet Again Ignoring Danger of Earthquakes? Osaka High Court Hands Down Verdict on Ohi Injunction Lawsuit Case, Reneges on Judicial Responsibility —Rules In Favor of Kansai Electric Japan—The Osaka High Court handed down a verdict today at 14:00 in favor of the defendant, Kansai Electric, in an appeals case brought by 253 citizens seeking an injunction to stop restart of the Ohi Units 3 and 4 nuclear reactors located along Wakasa Bay in Fukui Prefecture and owned and operated by the utility. Plaintiffs were from the central Japan…
Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) Subverts Own Post-Fukushima Safety Rules Allows Ohi Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 & 4 ‘s Continued Operation For immediate release: 3 July 2013 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith (Tel: +81-90-3620-9251) Kyoto, Japan—-The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today approved continued operation of Kansai Electric’s Ohi Nuclear Power Plant Units 3 and 4 located in Fukui Prefecture even though it is the first to admit the two plants do not meet new post-Fukushima regulatory standards. The standards will take effect Monday, 8 July. “The NRA has taken the lead in ignoring compliance with its new nuclear regulatory rules which have been created to apply the lessons learned from…
H.M.. Ambassador Stephen GomersallBritish Embassy in Japan1 Ichiban-cho,Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 〒102-8381 Japan 1 July 2002 Dear Ambassador Stephen Gomersall: On 14 June, a BNFL vessel from the United Kingdom arrived in Takahama to take back the “falsified data MOX fuel”. To us in Takahama, we feel as though this will break our hearts. The reason is, if the falsified MOX fuel is returned to the United Kingdom, it could result in further MOX fuel fabrication which could then lead to forced implementation of the pluthermal programme at the Takahama nuclear power plant, and as a result of BNFL fabricating new fuel, the Sellafield region will be, as in the past, forced…
Minamata, a film drama based on the book by W. Eugene and Green Action director Aileen M. Smith, premiered on February 21st at the Berlin International Film Festival. Directed by Andrew Levitas, the film stars Johnny Depp as photographer Eugene Smith, who travels with Aileen to Japan to document the effects of mercury poisoning on the residents of a coastal community. Actors Bill Nighy, Hiroyuki Sanada and Minami play supporting roles as Life editor Robert Hayes, activist Mitsuo Yamazaki and Aileen Mioko Smith. At a press conference for the film, Depp, who spearheaded the film’s production, said he felt that Minamata was “a story that needed to be told.” He…