TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN:
Petition to freeze the operation of the Rokkasho Nuclear Reprocessing
Plant in order to stop the radioactive contamination of the ocean and air:
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Lawsuits / Webinars / Submissions / Symposiums / Booklets / Leaflets / Protest Statements Lawsuit to stop Ohi nuclear power plant (ongoing: Osaka Court of Appeals) This lawsuit is filed by 212 citizens against the Japanese government. Green Action director is co-chief plaintiff. The case is now in appellate court. (Photo: Osaka District Court, December 4, 2020. Day of Osaka District Court win. The verdict ruled that the government’s licenses for operating Kansai Electric’s Ohi Units 3 and 4 were illegal and revoked the licenses. Kansai Electric is the second largest electric utility in Japan and owner/operator of the greatest number of nuclear power plants. Download: Report（PDF）
[Google Video] “Nuclear Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” May 23, 2007CAN TV Community Forum[29 minutes 15 seconds]
Dr. Edwin S. LymanSenior Staff ScientistUnion of Concerned ScientistsMarch 3, 2006 1. MOX Fuel Relocation During LOCAs The planned use of MOX (pluthermal) fuel in the Genkai-3 reactor in Saga Prefecture will be well outside the existing commercial experience base for MOX fuel with regard to plutonium concentration and fuel burnup. Saga Prefecture acknowledges this, but asserts that even in the absence of commercial data for the regime to which the fuel will be exposed, sufficient experimental data exists and analytical tools are reliable enough to make accurate safety assessments. This assertion is not justified. While there is a very small quantity of experimental data on the performance of MOX…
[97 organizations including Green Action have given their support to this public appeal as of 9am, July 21, 2007.] —Joint Public Appeal—We Strongly Urge a Radical Reexaminationof Earthquake Countermeasures for Nuclear Facilities,Facing Consequences Squarely Whatever the Outcome! [PDF version: 48KB][Japanese site]English translationJuly 21, 2007 To:— ABE Shinzo, Prime Minister of Japan— All those in relevant branches of government and in nuclear-related organizations— The People of Japan As a result of the Chuetsuoki Earthquake, unforeseen problems continue to arise at the largest nuclear power plant complex in the world, Tokyo Electric’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station. All seven reactors are currently shut down, but they remain directly threatened by the danger of…
High Cost of Power Generation and Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing is Strangling the UK’s Largest Power Generator Lessons for Japanese Electric Utilities British Energy plc is the United Kingdom’s largest electric utility, producing one fifth of the country’s electricity. The company owns and operates 15 nuclear reactors in the UK with a combined generating capacity of approximately 9600 megawatts. The company also operates reactors in the United States and Canada. On 12 August 2002, British Energy was forced to shut down reactor 1 at the Torness Nuclear Power Station in East Lothian because of vibrations in the gas circulation system which cools the reactor. Reactor 2 at the same station…