【JAPAN】Greens Japan's statement "After seeing the decision of Fukui District Court"

-After seeing the decision of Fukui District Court on April 14-
Give up the nuclear power and change the energy policy drastically


April 14th, 2015
Executive Committee of Greens Japan,

Today, Fukui District Court made a provisional injunction that orders Kansai electric power corporation (KEPCO) must not operate the Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 reactors. In this injunction, Fukui District Court said “The reasonableness which is required for new regulation standard is that, it is so rigid that if a nuclear power plant is fit for the standard there is no fear for severe accidents.” and “New regulation standard (which Nuclear Regulation Authority established) lacks the reasonableness.” Electric power corporations and the government must deeply learn from the injunction which denied the reasonableness of the new regulation standard.


Find more on the web http://greens.gr.jp/seimei/14574/

【JAPAN】Fukui court forbids Takahama nuclear reactor restart

The Japan Times "Fukui court forbids Takahama nuclear plant restart"
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/04/14/national/crime-legal/critical-case-fukui-court-rule-takahama-nuclear-plant-restart/#.VTDT79ysVe8


2 of 9 complainants on this judgement are Greens Japan's Co-representative (Uiko Hasegawa, Namiho Matsumoto).
And one of defense counsel is former member of Greens Japan's steering committee.

Now we Greens Japan is translating our statement
Japanese original
http://greens.gr.jp/seimei/14549/

Preliminary informal English translation of the judgment summary.
(Translation by Green Action)
http://greenaction-japan.org/internal/150414_Takahama_judgment_summary_informal_E_translation_preliminary.pdf


2014 (Heisei 26) No. 31 Petition Seeking a Provisional Disposition Order for an Injunction Barring Operation of Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4

日本語 要旨 原文 (Japanese originalsummariy)
http://adieunpp.com/karisasitome/150414decabstract.pdf

日本語 全文 原文 (Japanese original full text)
http://adieunpp.com/karisasitome/150414decision.pdf

Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World

http://www.dianuke.org/yokohama-declaration-for-a-nuclear-power-free-world/

Adopted on January 15, 2012

The 11 March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and related melt down at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has led to great suffering for the people of Japan and has increased radioactive contamination across the globe. It has also sounded a warning bell throughout the world about the long-term health, environmental and economic risks of nuclear power.

As with Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the accident at Fukushima has reminded us once again that nuclear technology is unforgiving and accidents cannot be contained. The situation is not under control as declared by the Japanese Government. The nuclear power plant is still unstable and workers continue to work under life-threatening conditions.

Radioactive contamination is spreading. This is a regional and global emergency. People are either forced to flee with their children or live with unacceptable health dangers and prolonged radiation exposure. In Fukushima prefecture, evidence of radioactive material has been found in the breast milk of mothers and the urine of children. Lives are threatened, including those of future generations. The
regional economy has been destroyed.

Every step in the nuclear fuel chain has created Hibakusha, a term initially used to describe survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs, but now used for all victims of radiation exposure. Uranium mining, nuclear weapons testing, accidents at nuclear power plants, and the storage and transport of nuclear waste have all created Hibakusha.

The experience of these Hibakusha around the world is one of secrecy, shame and silence. The right to information, health records, treatment and compensation has been inadequate or denied with excuses of “national security” or due to cost. This lack of accountability is not limited to Japan, but is a problem fundamentally present in the nuclear industry everywhere due to the corrupt relationship between governments and the nuclear industry.

We now stand at a crossroads. We have the choice to break out of the nuclear fuel chain and move towards efficient, renewable and sustainable energy that does not threaten health or environment. For the sake of future generations, it is our responsibility to do so. Turning away from nuclear energy goes hand in hand with nuclear weapons abolition, and will contribute to lasting world peace.
The global solidarity shown towards the people of Fukushima and the spirit of those gathered at the Yokohama Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World demonstrates that connections between people are truly what will create the foundations for our future.

We call for:

1. The protection of the rights of those affected by the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident; including the right to evacuation, health care, decontamination, compensation and the right to enjoy the same standard of living as before 11 March 2011;

2. Full transparency, accountability and responsibility of the Japanese Government and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the establishment of an independent body to disseminate information to the public to reverse the history of concealing information from the public and releasing contradictory information.

3. Ongoing comprehensive data collection and radiation measurement of humans, food, water, soil and air to inform the urgent and necessary measures to minimise the populations exposure to radiation. Data collection will be necessary for generations and inter-agency governmental undertakings and the support of the international community are required. Corporations that have profited from the nuclear industry should carry their share of the costs.

4. A global road map for the phase out of the nuclear fuel chain – from uranium mining to waste – and the decommissioning of all nuclear power plants. The ‘safety myth’ has been destroyed. Nuclear technology has never been safe and has never survived without
massive public subsidies. Renewable energy is proven and ready to be deployed on a decentralised and local scale if only policies to promote it were advanced to support local economies, such as Feed-in-Tariffs.

5. Currently closed Japanese nuclear power plants to not be reopened. Japan’s energy needs can be met by implementation of policies including the Feed-in-Tariff law that has been adopted and the structural separation of ownership of transmission and production of energy.

6. The prohibition of export of nuclear power plants and components, especially to industrialising nations in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

7. Support for local and municipal authorities that play an important role in creating a society not dependent on nuclear power. We encourage solidarity between local municipal leaders, regional parliamentarians and civil society to promote strong communities,
decentralization, bottom up approaches and an end to economic, racial and gender discrimination.

8. Actions, demonstrations, seminars and media events to be held throughout the world on 11 March 2012 to protest the treatment of the citizens of Fukushima and call for a nuclear power free world.

Based on the above principles, the participants of the Global Conference have launched the “Forest of Action for a Nuclear Power Free World”, containing concrete plans for action. These many
recommendations will be submitted as appropriate to the Japanese Government, governments of other nations, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and so on.

10,000 people came to the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World in Yokohama, and 30,000 watched online. We, the participants are determined to maintain an international network to support Fukushima, cooperation among those affected by radiation through the Global Hibakusha Network, the establishment of the East Asia Non Nuclear Power Declaration Movement, and a
network of local municipal leaders and mayors.

15 January 2012

Declared at the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World
Yokohama, Japan
This Declaration was drafted by the Organizing Committee of the Global Conference for a Nuclear
Power Free World, and is supported by participants from around the world.

【Japan】dangerous situation in TANOURA

From　Feb.21st, 　400　Construction workers and guards came to TANOURA　beach
, the site of Kaminoseki nuclear power plant.

Please watch Ustream Live video
http://ameblo.jp/nijinokayaker/

【Japan】Five in Hunger Strike Against Kaminoseki Nuclear Power Plant Yamaguchi City

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

【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

【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

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

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