Citizens living up to 70 km (45 mi.) away sued Kansai Electric and won.
We want to protect Kyoto’s cultural heritage from radioactive contamination.
We want to protect the lagest lake in Japan, Lake Biwa, the water for 14 million people.
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…
11 May 2009 STATEMENT BY JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS CONSEQUENCES OF JAPAN-RUSSIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will arrive in Tokyo today. During his visit he will meet Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso. According to media reports, they may sign a new nuclear cooperation agreement between the two countries. The agreement will allow Japanese nuclear material to be sent to Russia. Japan and Russia have for several years been considering the possibility of extracting uranium from spent nuclear fuel reprocessed in the UK and France and re-enriching it in Russia. The re-enriched uranium could be used in nuclear fuel for Japanese nuclear power plants, but there…
May 29, 2005 (Revised) WHAT IS MONJU Monju (280MW) is Japan’s prototype fast breeder reactor located at the tip of the Tsuruga Peninsula in Fukui Prefecture. On January 27, 2003, the Nagoya Court of Appeals (Kanazawa Branch) handed down a verdict in favor of Fukui citizens suing to stop the reactor from operating. The court found the license issued by the national government for Monju illegal due to serious deficiencies in the government’s safety review. On January 31, 2003, the national government appealed the decision. The Supreme Court verdict on Monju is to be handed down May 30, 2005 in Tokyo. Monju has been shut down since December 8, 1995…
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）
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…
Appeal from Citizens and Consumer Organizations in Central Japan to the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting Kobe, Japan, May 24-26, 2008 Download PDF (48 K) Rokkasho, a massive commercial reprocessing plant for radioactive spent fuel, is about to start commercial operation this summer in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan. The radioactive releases from Rokkasho into the Pacific Ocean would be illegal under the London Convention if disposal took place from a ship at sea. But a loophole in international law allows what would be illegal at sea, in the case of a land-based pipe extending into the ocean. Aerial releases of radioactive gases (krypton) from Rokkasho will also circulate around the…