Asia Pacific Greens Supports the No Nukes Asia Forum (September 18-21 2010, Taipei, Taiwan)

2010 No Nukes Asia Forum

September 18~ 21, 2010
Taipei, Taiwan

Welcome to 2010 NNAF：
In 1993, a group of anti-nuclear activists who supported clean sustainable energy and were against the expansion of nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons came together in Tokyo Japan to hold the first “No Nukes Asia Forum （NNAF）. This year, the NNAF will be held in Taipei Taiwan. The conference will focus on topics such as the effects of earthquakes and climate change on nuclear power safety, the current conditions of nuclear power and anti-nuke activity in Asian countries, and renewable energy and sustainable development. We welcome anyone from around the energy world and in Taiwan who cares about energy and the environment to join, support and help us make the NNAF a great success.

Schedule (to be confirmed):

International Forum (Sept. 18 ~ Sept. 19) Location：National Taiwan Normal University –Comprehensive Building, Rm. 509, International Conference Room (He-Ping East Rd. Sec. 1, #129-1)

Registration Fee：Foreign guests – 250 USD; Taiwanese – 300nt (students 150nt), Conference materials: 200NT. Fee for Gong Laio and Southern Taiwan tour：Foreign guests – 200 USD;
Taiwanese – 6,000NT

Registration：register on line>>

Sponsors: Taiwan Environmental Protection Union, Homemaker’s Union and Foundation, Chi Sing Eco-Conservation Foundation, Taiwan Academy of Ecology, Taiwan Agenda 21, The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, Taiwan Association of University Professors, Green Citizen’s Action Alliance,Green Taiwan Foundation(pending)

Co-sponsors: Taiwan Watch Institute, Tien Chiu-Chin Legislative Office (pending)

Contact Infomation
Taiwan Environmental Protection Union
Phone #: 02-23636419 02-23648587 Fax #：02-23644293
e-mail：tepu.org@msa.hinet.net
website：http://www.tepu.org.tw

More Video on the Human Chain Against the Gongliao Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan

Human Chain Against the Gongliao Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan in the NEWS!

HUMAN CHAIN AGAINST TAIWAN'S 4th NUCLEAR POWER PLANT!

Protestors throng nuclear plant (Taiwan)

Holding hands to form a human chain while chanting slogans, several hundred anti-nuclear power activists yesterday blocked off the main entrance to the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Taipei County’s Gongliao Township (貢寮), calling on the government to halt the plan to fill the reactors with uranium fuel in December and to stop using nuclear energy.

“No to uranium filling!” “No to restoration of nuclear power!” Hundreds of activists — Gongliao residents and non-residents alike — shouted as they formed a human chain in front of the plant.

Read the full article here: http://60.248.100.112/News/taiwan/archives/2010/08/30/2003481669

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/