MOX Fuel Shipment Arrival Protest Genkai Nuclear Power Plant

Citizen organizations from Aomori, Fukushima, Niigata, Fukui, Tokyo region, Kansai region, and Kyushu region submit petition to stop Cogema fuel and technology from entering Japan For immediate release: 13 February 2001 Contact persons:Aileen Mioko Smith (+ 81 90 3620 9251) / Stephen Ready Kyoto, Japan—-On 12 February, citizens from prefectures with Tokyo Electric nuclear power plants slated to use MOX (mixed plutonium uranium oxide) fuel under Japan’s plutonium program submitted a petition to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry seeking government rejection of MOX fuel currently being fabricated at Cogema’s Melox facility for Tokyo Electric’s Fukushima Unit I-3 reactor. They were joined in the petition by Green Action,…

[English translation] Joint Statement Protesting: Nuclear Regulatory Authority’s Draft Approval of Sendai Nuclear Power Plant’s Conformation to New Nuclear Regulatory Standards 16 July 2014 Issued by: The Nuclear Regulation Authority Citizen Watchdog Group and 7 other organizations Today, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) issued a draft report on Kyushu Electric’s Sendai Nuclear Power Plant application for restart, stating the NRA’s review found the plant conforming to the New Regulatory Standards. We strongly protest this report. The NRA review to inspect conformation to the New Regulatory Standards does not learn from the lessons of Tokyo Electric’s Fukushima Daiichi accident, and, for the following reasons it is clearly evident that the situation…

Saga Citizens and Consumer Organizations Protest Arrival of MOX Fuel Shipment Japan Should Terminate MOX (plutonium and uranium) Fuel, and Rokkasho Reprocessing Programs For immediate release: May 23, 2009 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith(Green Action) +81-90-3620-9251 Philip White (Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center) +81-3-3357-3800 May 23rd (Tokyo and Kyoto)—Today, at 6:45 am, amidst citizen protest, the British-flagged vessels the Pacific Pintail and Pacific Heron arrived at the port of Kyushu Electric’s Genkai Nuclear Power Plant and unloaded 20 assemblies of MOX fuel for Genkai Unit 3. The nuclear power plant is scheduled to be the first to use MOX fuel on a commercial scale in Japan. The plan is that the fuel…

Japanese court rejects plaintiff demand to shut down Ohi Units 3 and 4 Plaintiffs will immediately appeal ruling Court recognizes interaction of 3 earthquake faults near Ohi but declares Ohi prima facie safe (safe for now unless proven otherwise) Court states there is no legal time limit for shutting down reactors in the event of an accident/earthquake Press Release For Immediate Release (Kyoto, Japan): 16 April 2013 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith +81-90-3620-9251 (co-lead plaintiff) For Japanese statement issued by plaintiffs’ group see: http://greenaction-japan.org/internal/130416_statement.pdf The judgment in the legal case against the only two nuclear power plants currently operating in Japan, Ohi Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4, owned and…

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）

Presentation given to Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan as part of a press briefing titled, “The G8 and Japan: More Hot Air Over Global Warming?” May 29, 2008 Global Warming: Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer, Aileen Mioko Smith, Green ActionDownload PowerPoint version (1.4 MB)Download PDF version (1.5 MB)