May 23, 2009
Saga, Japan
MOX Fuel Shipment Arrival Protest
Genkai Nuclear Power Plant
Citizens oppose arrival of Pacific Pintail and Pacific Heron carrying
20 assemblies of MOX fuel from France to Japan
Photo Credit: Saga Hyakunen-no-Kai
Kansai Electric’s Takahama Units 3 and 4 Restart Review Enters Public Comment Period First Use of Plutonium (MOX) Fuel Since Fukushima Accident Moves Ahead Without NRA Review of its Severe Accident Implications For immediate release: 17 December 2014 Contact: Aileen Mioko Smith +81-90-3620-9251 Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) today approved the first stage of the review for restart of Kansai Electric’s Takahama Units 3 and 4 located in Fukui Prefecture. If restart is approved, it will be the first reactors to use plutonium (uranium and plutonium mIxed oxide fuel: MOX fuel) since the Fukushima accident. The Nuclear Regulatory Agency stated today that the approval process for MOX fuel at Takahama…
Lawsuits / Webinars / Submissions / Symposiums / Booklets / Leaflets / Protest Statements We recommend this Webinar if you are interested in finding out whether fast reactors and the nuclear fuel cycle have any valid role to play in solutions to climate change, and, if you want to find out whether these programs have nuclear proliferation concerns. Speakers include Allison Macfarlane, former Chairman of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and Frank von Hippel, one of the United States’ most prominent scientists in the nuclear policy arena.Green Action’s executive director addresses Japan’s nuclear fuel cycle program and its implications for the fast reactor program. VideoMarch 11, 2023US-Japan Nuclear Energy…
Press Release on Joint Appeal issued by Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (Tokyo), Green Action (Kyoto), and Greenpeace Japan Download PDF (500KB) Joint Appeal issued by Citizens’Nuclear Information Center (Tokyo),Green Action (Kyoto), and Greenpeace Japan NGOs in Japan Call for Japanese Government and Utilities to Terminate Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Shipments from Europe to Japan, Call for En Route Countries to Join in Ending Shipments Contact: Green Action (Aileen Mioko Smith) +81-90-3620-9251, CNIC (Philip White) +81-3-3357-3800 The appeal can be downloaded at:http://www.greenaction-japan.org/modules/wordpress0/index.php?p=64 For immediate release. 5 March 2009, Tokyo/Kyoto, Japan—- Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center, Green Action, and Greenpeace Japan appealed to the Japanese Government to stop the world’s largest ever shipment of…
Tokyo Electric Scandal Update Number 17Date: October 26, 2002 Contents: METI to order one year shutdown of Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 Operation status of TEPCO reactors Leaked documents reveal alpha nuclide emissions from Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 1 & 2 between 1979 and 1981 Tokyo Electric Scandal Update Number 16Date: October 11, 2002 Contents: Aomori governor threatens to halt SNF imports Fukushima legislature passes motion declaring: "Pluthermal Program will not be implemented in Fukushima" Tokyo Electric announces damaged CRDM guide tubes in Fukushima Dai-Ichi Unit 4 reactor Tokyo Electric Scandal Update Number 15Date: October 9, 2002 Contents: (1) Fukushima governor meets Prime Minister Koizumi and calls for reconsideration of nuclear fuel…
Sept 24th 2004PETITIONFUKUI PREFECTURE To: Shoichi Nakagawa, Minister, Ministry of Economy, Trade and IndustryFrom: Issei Nishikawa, Governor, Fukui Prefecture On the 9th of August 2004 an accident occurred at the Mihama Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 reactor. This incident seriously injured 11 people 5 of which lost their lives. This was the biggest disaster to date in the history of Japanese nuclear power. In Fukui Prefecture we have worked hard for many years to win the people s trust and to build a safe reputation for nuclear power. It is extremely regrettable that this accident has destroyed that trust and the reputation of nuclear power in Fukui Prefecture. I have…
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）