Has fast breeder Monju been good for Japan’s energy?

Environmental NGO Resolution Eighth International Energy Forum Osaka, Japan20 September 2002 Green Action Press Release and BriefingOn Eve of Return Shipment of Falsified BNFL MOX Fuel 3 July 2002 For immediate releaseContact: Aileen Mioko Smith or Stephen ReadyMobile 090-3620-9251 Kyoto, Japan – BNFL and Kansai Electric are in the final stages of preparation for loading 8 falsified MOX fuel assemblies onto the Pacific Pintail for a return shipment to the United Kingdom. The falsified MOX has already been loaded into the transport cask, and the cask is expected to be loaded onto the Pacific Pintail on 4 July 2002. Green Action’s message is: ‘BNFL never again in Japan! Japan’s plutonium…

Comision de Poblacion, Ambiente y DesarrolloAsamblea LegislativaRepublica de Panama Dear Members of the Commission: Green Action is an environmental NGO based in Kyoto, Japan which works on Japan’s plutonium program issues. We are submitting this letter in conjunction to your deliberation of proposed legislation that would prohibit shipments of ultrahazardous nuclear cargoes through the Panama Canal. This letter addresses the fact that maritime shipments of ultrahazardous nuclear cargoes from Europe to Japan are not necessary for meeting Japan’s energy needs. Japan at present has 53 nuclear reactors producing approximately 37% of Japan’s electric power needs, but not a single one of these reactors is dependent on maritime nuclear shipments between…

Radioactive Discharges into the Pacific from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Site On 8 August, NGOs and Diet members held a meeting with the Japanese government concerning the radioactive discharges into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi site. The meeting was held in Tokyo at the Upper House Diet Office Building. The government says it will assign a budget to deal with this problem, but it’s for the next fiscal year, plus, the countermeasures are grossly insufficient. What was revealed at yesterday’s meeting…. IT’S UNCLEAR WHO’S IN CHARGE AND WHO’S RESPONSIBLE IN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT: It became evident that it’s unclear which government entity is responsible for and…

–Background Briefing– Why the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant Should Not be Operated [Revised] 11 August 2015 (1:00pm) For immediate release from Sendai nuclear power plant gate, Kagoshima Prefecture. Aileen Mioko Smith Executive Director, Green Action (Japan) Contact: amsmith@gol.com / +81-90-3620-9251 Lack of Consideration of Potential Earthquakes Damage—In Violation of NRA Regulations Seismologist and emeritus professor of Kobe University, Member of the Diet NAIIC (National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission), has stated that the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s Review of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant is “careless and faulty and will invite a second Genpatsu-Shinsai (Earthquake-Nuclear Combined Disaster)”. Ishibashi points out that the NRA’s Review violates the legal…

International Symposium: “Energy Policy Shift and the Creation of Public Spheres: Learning From Germany’s Experience” (8 December 2013, Hosei University, Japan) The Potential of Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Citizens’ Movement to End Nuclear Power and Implement Change in Japan’s Energy Policy What Needs to be Undertaken to Meet this Challenge Aileen Mioko Smith Executive Director, Green Action The Potential of Japan’s Anti-Nuclear Citizens’ Movement to End Nuclear Power and Implement Change in Japan’s Energy Policy What Needs to be Undertaken to Meet this Challenge (Abstract and Full Text: PDF) Japanese translation of the abstract: 日本の反原発市民運動が、原子力に止めを刺し国のエネルギー政策転換を実現させる可能性について-この課題を達成するために私たちが引き受けなければならないことは何か（要旨：日本語）

Secret Plutonium Shipment Exposes Failure of Non Proliferation and Security Policy in Advance of Nuclear Security Summit and the Threat from Japanese Stockpiling Program Armed British transport ships expected to arrive Tokai port Sunday March 18th 2016  Tokyo…A shipment of weapons-grade plutonium scheduled to depart the port of Tokai, Ibaraki prefecture this coming weekend highlights the failure, but also the proliferation risks, of the current Japanese nuclear policy, a coalition of five non-governmental organizations warned today. A cargo of 331kg of plutonium will be loaded on to the Pacific Egret, an armed British nuclear transport ship, prior to departure under armed escort to the United States. It will be the largest…