Petition To Stop Release Of Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into Pacific Ocean

Dear Friends,

Evidently this new petition has struck a deep chord.  In less than 24 hours, there are over 200 signers, many from Europe. 

Briefly, there are 866 storage tanks at Fukushima Daiichi, each holding 1000 TONS of highly radioactive water, which has been used to cool the reactor cores.  This makes a total of 866,000 TONS of water, with 350 tons added every day.  In addition, there are 13,400 tons of highly contaminated water in Reactor 1, 15,800 tons in Reactor 2, 16,900 tons in Reactor 3 and no more fuel but 14,500 tons of water in Reactor 4, a total of 60,600 tons! The Japan NRA wants all this water to be discharged into the Pacific, as the site is running out of space to build more tanks.

Please sign and disseminate this new petition: 

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/136/663/239/dont-dump-radioactive-water-into-the-pacific-from-fukushima-tanks/

Message from Miyagi: No to nuclear waste disposal!

On 22^nd August, the weekly Friday Protest Action in front of the Prime Minister’s Office was held to stop the re-start of the nuclear power plants. Among the speakers was a man from Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture.

“In Miyagi, the government is trying to build waste disposal sites in three municipalities to cope with radiation contaminated waste from the de-contamination operation. The local people are raising their voices to stop the plan. The government is pressing for the restart, but cannot manage the water leak at Fukushima Daiichi and the waste disposal issue. It’s really a contradiction. I’m mad about the public comment session, for the government is only asking for scientific and technological comments. The water leak and the waste disposal issue show the lack of scientific and technological control capability on the side of the government and the Nuclear Regulation Authority. We really have to stop the restart”. (shinya)

「仙台から来ました、核処理場は許せない」～8.22再稼働反対！官邸前行動

「宮城県の仙台から来ました。いま宮城県では、国が核汚染物質の処理場を３自治体に押しつけようとし大問題となって、地元では大きな反対の声が起きています。そもそも汚染水問題にしても処理場にしても、一方で再稼働を進めながら押しつけるのは、本当に矛盾があります。パブリックコメントの中で、科学的、技術的 意見を求めていることには頭にきます。汚染水問題にしても、処理場問題にしても、原発に対する科学的・技術的な制御能力のないことを示しているのが今の日本政府と規制委員会ではないでしょうか。なんとしても再稼働をやめさせましょう｣。（shinya） 写真報告