Press Release
Five in Hunger Strike Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant
Yamaguchi City, Saturday, January 29, 2011
Five young men (2 aged 19, 3 aged 20) are in the ninth day of a hunger strike outside the Prefectural Government offices in Yamaguchi City to protest land fill and sea reclamation work in preparation for construction of a nuclear power plant on the coast of the environmentally sensitive Seto Inland Sea. (See translation of their statement at the end of this press release.) The Seto Inland Sea is sometimes referred to as Japan’s Galapagos because of its rich environmental diversity.
They plan to continue their hunger strike at least until the tenth day (Sunday 30th), when they will conduct a one-hour sit-in from 12 noon outside the Prefectural Government offices. The sit-in will be joined by Diet Members from the Social Democratic Party and other supporters. Beyond Sunday, their plans will depend on their physical condition.
In October some of the hunger strikers joined the 800-kilometer “7 Generations Walk” from Kaminoseki to Nagoya, where COP 10 of the Convention on Biological Diversity was being held. Along with other activists from Japan and abroad they protested the threat posed by the Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant to the biodiversity of the Seto Inland Sea.
Related links
1. Video of hunger strikers
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12254054#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://greenz.jp/2011/01/27/hungeryboy/&medium=12254054
2. COP10 International Appeal Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant
http://cnic.jp/english/topics/new%20plants/kaminosekinnaf18oct10.html
3. Article about Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant on Convention on Biological Diversity COP 10 NGO web site
http://cop10.org/issues/marine/73-kaminoseki
4. “7 Generations Walk” Japanese web site and English YouTube video
http://7gwalk.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYCG_3Qm0bI&feature=player_embedded
5. Hunger strikers’ Japanese Blog and personal statement.
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/newgenerations
http://yaredeki2009.jugem.jp/?eid=866&guid=ON
Contacts
Naoya Okamoto (Kin-chan), Hunger Striker (speaks some English), mobile phone: 090-6515-2962
Philip White, Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center, Phone: +81-3-3708-2898, +81-3-3357-3800
Green Energy No-Nukes Asia Pacific (GENNAP) - an Asia Pacific Greens Network ACTION GROUP!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
【Taiwan】４ｔｈ nuclear power plant's start date delayed
Plant’s start date delayed
The date for the fourth nuclear power plant to begin commercial operations will be pushed back another year, mainly because of problems with the plant’s instrumentation and control system, state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said yesterday. Work on the No. 1 generator at the plant is almost finished and it is being tested, the company said. The No. 1 generator was scheduled to begin commercial operations on Dec. 15 this year and the No. 2 generator in December next year. However, Taipower chairman Chen Kuei-ming (陳貴明) said in a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Economics Committee that the No. 1 generator probably will not begin commercial operations until late next year because there are still some problems with its instrumentation and control system that have not been fixed. This marks the fifth time that the date for commercial operations of the fourth nuclear power plant has been postponed.
Taipei Times （2011/01/07）
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/07/2003492906
The date for the fourth nuclear power plant to begin commercial operations will be pushed back another year, mainly because of problems with the plant’s instrumentation and control system, state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said yesterday. Work on the No. 1 generator at the plant is almost finished and it is being tested, the company said. The No. 1 generator was scheduled to begin commercial operations on Dec. 15 this year and the No. 2 generator in December next year. However, Taipower chairman Chen Kuei-ming (陳貴明) said in a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Economics Committee that the No. 1 generator probably will not begin commercial operations until late next year because there are still some problems with its instrumentation and control system that have not been fixed. This marks the fifth time that the date for commercial operations of the fourth nuclear power plant has been postponed.
Taipei Times （2011/01/07）
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/01/07/2003492906
Thursday, December 16, 2010
【ＪＡＰＡＮ】 Stop! Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactor
On 9th Dec, Kyushu Electric’s Genkai Unit 3 MOX fuel plant has stopped driving with radiation leakage from fuel.
MOX fuel, fabricated at MELOX plant in France, was loaded on Genkai Unit 3 reactor is same as Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactors' in Fukui prefecture.
Because Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactor is on the plan to start driving on 22nd Dec, so Mihama-No-Kai is calling to send the message to Fukui prefectural governor "Don't approve starting for Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactor before becoming clear of cause of Genkai Unit 3's radiation leakage"
http://www.jca.apc.org/mihama/stop_pu/fukui_mail1012/fukui_mail1012_1.htm
MOX fuel, fabricated at MELOX plant in France, was loaded on Genkai Unit 3 reactor is same as Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactors' in Fukui prefecture.
Because Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactor is on the plan to start driving on 22nd Dec, so Mihama-No-Kai is calling to send the message to Fukui prefectural governor "Don't approve starting for Takahama Unit 3 MOX fuel reactor before becoming clear of cause of Genkai Unit 3's radiation leakage"
http://www.jca.apc.org/mihama/stop_pu/fukui_mail1012/fukui_mail1012_1.htm
Friday, September 3, 2010
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
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.
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
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)
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
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
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
Thursday, August 26, 2010
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 4th 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 4th 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 4th 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
[1] GENNAP is an action group of the Asia-Pacific Greens Network (APGN). During the 2nd 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
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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