The Asia Pacific Greens Network (APGN) Oppose the Gong-Liao Nuclear Plant in Taiwan

As the people of Taiwan; sing and dance to celebrate their solidarity to the tune of rock bands and as they join hands in a symbolic “human chain” this coming August 29th, Greens from all over the region led by the GENNAP（Green Energy No Nukes in Asia Pacific) [1] declares our support against Taiwan’s 4^th Nuclear Power Plant.

“The construction of the plant was decided against the citizens’ will by the former dictatorial government. The government began construction, ignoring the growing citizens movement against the plant”, declares Shu-hsin Tsui (Taiwan Greens).

She adds that “There never was proper investigation or impact assessment of the 4^th nuclear power plant, despite the fact that the Government was aware that the vicinity of the plant it is on an active seismic fault line as identified by some geological scientists.”

GENNAP is gravely concern that according to Kotomi Matsunoshita (GENNAP Convener, Greens Japan) “the construction of the plant does not conform to the original design, with many ad hoc changes being made without approval.” “Already many accidents has happened due to electrical and mechanical control system failures but were concealed from the public.”

Furthermore, “the quake-resistance standard of the 4th nuclear power plant is far lower than standards of nuclear power plants in the earthquake country Japan, which is similarly earthquake-prone as Taiwan.” Says Kiyoshi Matsuya (Greens Japan)

“If this nuclear plant is completed, the risk of a serious nuclear reactor accident is high. It would have terrible consequences for Taiwanese people and also for people across the region.” Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam said.

“GENNAP call on the government of Taiwan to abort plans for the proposed 4^th nuclear power plant, and instead promote energy conservation and renewable energy.” declares Roy Cabonegro. (APGN Coordination Committee Convener)

For more information, please contact:

Shu-hsin Tsui(Taiwan Greens)  mobile phone ：0939121981

email：souhim@gmail.com　

http://nonukesasiapacific.blogspot.com/ and http://taiwannonuke.blogspot.com

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[1] GENNAP is an action group of the Asia-Pacific Greens Network (APGN).  During the 2^nd Congress APGN last May in Taipei, Taiwan, attended by most of the Green Political Parties and Movements in the region, GENNAP was created to facilitate joint actions among the Greens to stop nuclear expansion in the region; starting with Taiwan

[2010NoNuke] Taiwan 829 nonuke video

829 NUO-NŬ-KÈ（No Nuke）Action Alert,Taiwan

Say No to Nuke!!

Hand in hand, rock down the power plant!

Where:

Ren-He Matsu Temple, Audi Village, Gong-Liao Township, Taipei County, Taiwan.

When: 2010\08\29 13:00~19:00

What:

1. Rock concert featuring anti-nuclear singers and bands from Taiwan and Japan.

2. Farmer’s market selling local farm products. Anti-nuclear information available.

3. Human chain demonstration （Starts@4PM from Ren-He Matsu Temple）

It has been a major social controversy for over 20 years. The 4^th Nuclear Power Plant in Gong-Liao Township, Taipei county, sited right next to the beautiful Fu-Long beach , has long been a nightmare to people living in Gong-Liao, as well as everyone who is concerned about the safety and unjustness of nuclear power in Taiwan.

Under the pressure of government policy , Tai-Power Company claimed publicly to commercially run the NPP4 by the end of this year. However, from the beginning of this year, there have been several cases of accident revealing serious safety issue in the power plant. There’s no reason that people in Gong-Liao should take the risk of such underlying danger!

Last year, the NUO-NU-KE campaign team launched a series of activities such as rock concert and outdoor film screening to bring about public attention .This year , with the participation of RULES and several creative artists and activists, we aim at different forms of protest to advocate anti-nuclear position, calling for nuclear-free alternatives.

We invite everyone who is concerned about environment issue to gather together , stand by the local people, shout our appeal out loud .No more nuclear-related industry! Stop filling nuclear fuel rods!!

Join Us NOW!!

What is Nuo-Nu-Ke?

It is actually 「No Nuke」 being directly pronounced in Mandarin Chinese tone. Literally, it also refers to a group of people who are very determined to say no to nuclear power.

Why human chain?

On 4^th April,2010, over 100,000 activists gathered in Northern Germany to build a human chain stretching 120KM to protest against the nuclear power program in Germany . It was the biggest anti-nuclear protest in Germany since the 1980’s, with participants from every aspects of the society.

We hope to bring about people’s attention through this kind of mobilization. Let’s go hand-in-hand and make non-nuclear future come true!!

Organizers: Green Citizens’ Action Alliance, Rules

Co-organizers: Green Party Taiwan, Taiwan Environment Protection Alliance（others to be announced）

Taiwan 829 nonuke video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-CSFmhqbo&fmt=37

諾努客NO NUKES

http://taiwannonuke.blogspot.com/

Statement from the 2nd Congress of the Global Young Greens (GYG)

Go For GREEN Energy~No More Nuclear Power Energy~

We, the Global Young Greens (GYG) recommend that our members promote the sharing of information concerning  nuclear power in each country and strengthen the network with a view to stopping all existing and proposed nuclear power plants, uranium mining and nuclear waste disposal in the world.

We oppose nuclear power plants because nuclear power plants are not GREEN.

Nuclear power plants are not a solution to climate change. It is dangerous to have nuclear power plants in regions with significant risk of earthquakes.

There is no realistic solution to the disposal of spent nuclear fuel.  

The nuclear fuel cycle of uranium digging, reprocessing to derive plutonium and high level nuclear waste disposal affects human health in communities and to workers by the risk of radio active exposure.

GYG support the anti-nuclear movements in every country, especially Germany, Japan and Taiwan. We support:

• the “Anti Atom Demo” in Berlin on 18 Sep. 2010 which will protest government’s postponing the phase-out of nuclear power,
• “STOP KAMINOSEKI” in which many local residents have been opposing the construction of a nuclear power plant for 27 years in Japan and
• “NO NUKE 2010” action in Taiwan, which protest government’s speeding up the construction of a 4th nuclear power plant to celebrate the 100th National Day.

The expansion of nuclear power plants MUST BE STOPPED NOW

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The expansion of nuclear power plants MUST BE STOPPED NOW

August 29 2010 is First UN International Day Against Nuclear Tests

The 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August as the International Day against Nuclear Tests through the unanimous adoption of its resolution 64/35 on 2 December 2009.   The Day is meant to galvanize the efforts of the United Nations, Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic institutions, youth networks and the media in informing, educating and advocating the necessity of banning nuclear tests as a valuable step to achieving a safer world.   The Preamble of the resolution emphasizes “that every effort should be made to end nuclear tests in order to avert devastating and harmful effects on the lives and health of people …and, that the end of nuclear tests is one of the key means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.”

Read the full article here: http://www.un.org/en/events/againstnucleartestsday/

Taipei Times: Environmentalists take aim at nuclear industry

People in a busy shopping district in Taipei yesterday afternoon had a shock when they saw what looked like Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) employees in full protective suits moving a yellow barrel with a radiation hazard sign and the words “radioactive waste” on it.

In reality, it was a skit by environmentalists to raise public awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy. 

Read the full article here: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2010/08/08/2003479871

Areva: the first nuclear victim of the recession, but will it be alone?

(Source: Datamonitor) French nuclear energy company Areva has struggled to expand its portfolio in recent years, as have a number of its competitors. Of all reactors being built by 2015, Areva will be responsible for none, while EDF will only be responsible for one. Asian companies may be gaining market share, but this does not dispel the possibility that this is just the beginning of a downturn in the industry.

In some respects, it should come as no surprise that Asian companies have taken the helm. The West suffered more from the recession than Asia, making financing far harder to obtain, and nowhere is financing more important than in the nuclear industry. Reactors take 10 years to build, with no return on investment (ROI) before this point. Although nuclear power is an excellent baseload fuel, it remains a very risky investment.

In a recent tender in Abu Dhabi between Areva/EDF and Korea Electric Power Company (KEPCO), it was KEPCO's cheaper reactor design that won. This highlights a further challenge for the industry. Not only do companies need to find willing investors, they have to quote prices that some believe are unrealistic for a safe reactor.

Read the full article here: http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4387823#

Vietnam denies US nuclear negotiations

HANOI: Vietnam said on Friday that it had not yet begun negotiating with the United States on sharing nuclear fuel and technology, despite Washington saying that talks were ongoing. “Vietnam and the United States have not yet carried out negotiations on peaceful uses of nuclear energy agreement,” foreign ministry spokesman Nguyen Phuong Nga said. Washington said on Thursday that it was in talks with its former Cold War foe over civilian nuclear technology, but declined to say whether Hanoi would be allowed to enrich its own uranium, as reported in the Wall Street Journal. 
Read full article here: http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/world/23315-vietnam-denies-us-nuclear-negotiations