Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today
addressed an overflowing audience of enthusiastic supporters as he
explained the current status of the nuclear industry in the United
States. He cited the problematic Davis-Besse nuclear power in Northern
Ohio as an example of the state of the industry.
Peace,
human rights defender Congressman Dennis Kucinich to lead 1000s
anti-nuclear, pro-renewable energy Occupiers in DC this weekend
Credits: Dennis Kucinich
Note: The original article attributed the statement "The briefing
will give legislators information that they need about the ongoing
situation in Japan and the problems with the continued use of nuclear
power in the U.S. Radiation
is a deadly legacy, and nuclear power is dirty, dangerous and expensive
- and unnecessary when we can turn to clean, safe, cheap solar and wind
power" to Mr. Kucinich, as had been understood. That statement,
however, was not made by Mr. Kucinich, but instead by Wired For Change.
The author extends sincere apology for this error.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich is hosting a Congressional briefing,
Thursday, September 20, 2012, on medical effects of radiation exposure,
and health threats presented by United States nuclear power plants,
nuclear fleet, and the on-going tragedy in Fukushima,
Japan. The briefing is part of a series of anti-nuclear events
including an Occupy the Nuclear Regulatory Commission demonstration and
Fukushima evacuees' presentations.
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(Reuters) - The
U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing
weapons-grade uranium has been temporarily shut after anti-nuclear
activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached security fences,
government officials said on Thursday.
WSI Oak Ridge, the contractor
responsible for protecting the facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is
owned by the international security firm G4S, which was at the center of
a dispute over security at the London Olympic Games.
Officials
said the facility was shut down on Wednesday at least until next week
after three activists cut through perimeter fences to reach the outer
wall of a building where highly enriched uranium, a key nuclear bomb
component, is stored.
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Source: NHK World
Date: Jul. 16, 2012 - Updated 15:55 UTC (00:55 JST)
by: Gene Otani
Organizers say 170, 000 people took part in the rally, while police estimate the number at 75,000.
Tens of thousands of people have staged one of the biggest anti-nuclear rallies in Tokyo since the Fukushima accident in March, last year.
Labor union activists joined members of the public in the main protest rally at Yoyogi Park on Monday. Many of them responded to calls on the social network Twitter and the Internet.
Date: 11/24/2011 and 11/26/2011
Sources: CCTV News, Associated Press and NHK World
According to CCTV News, a train shipment of nuclear waste from France's La Hague facility met resistance first in France as it departed Wednesday and then in Germany. French anti-nuclear protesters, some of whom damaged rail tracks, managed to delay the shipment. 300 French protesters in Northern France were met by police with batons and tear gas.
Per the Associated Press, further resistance by German anti-nuclear protesters has taken the form of a peaceful protest in Dannenberg where 23,000 activists showed up to demonstrate, as well as 50 protesters who attempted to sabotage train tracks. 300 protesters in Berlin threw rocks and fireworks at police.
【Please scroll down】On Oct 27-29, the action will be on Ustream broadcast from 10am to 3pm.
URL: http://ustre.am/usAQ
"No more Nuclear Power"
"Evacuate children living in contaminated areas"
100
women from Fukushima will be sitting in front of Agency of Ministry and
Trade located in Tokyo, giving a peaceful appeal for three days.
Another 100 from all areas in Japan will be sitting from 10/30-11/5.
Ustream broadcast by Independent Web Journal (Tokyo)
Source: NHK World
Date: Sunday, October 02, 2011 09:16 +0900 (JST)
by: Shery Ahn
Anti-nuclear rallies have been staged across the United States amid
growing concerns about the safety of the nation's more than 100 nuclear
reactors.
Demonstrations held on Saturday at 15 locations in the US were inspired
by the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in
March.
Americans are increasingly concerned about the safety of 104 nuclear
reactors in the country. A recent tornado and an earthquake shut down
over a dozen reactors on the east coast.
In New York City, people gathered at a park along the Hudson River to participate in a rally organized by a civic group.
The group is demanding the shutdown of the 40-year old Indian Point
nuclear reactors in New York State. Roughly 20-million people live
within 80 kilometers of the facility, which is located close to 2
earthquake fault lines.
A Japanese woman living in New York City told other participants that
mothers in Fukushima are living in constant fear of exposure to
radiation. She said everyday they must decide if it's safe to play
outdoors and if their children should wear masks.
Some said the accident in Fukushima changed their opinions about nuclear
power and they now think a meltdown could happen anywhere.
Others said radiation released into the environment is not just a
tragedy for Japan but a problem for the entire international community. Editor's Note: Map of Indian Point Energy Center appears below.
Angry shareholders lashed out at Tokyo Electric Power Co. on June 28, demanding a retreat from nuclear power and the chairman's resignation over the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
But at the end of the TEPCO shareholders' meeting, attended by a record number of people, motions to cease operations and decommission reactors were voted down, and Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata retained his post.
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Source: AP via Breitbart
Date: Jun 11 10:27 PM US/Eastern
NEW YORK, June 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—An antinuclear protest organized by Japanese people took place in New York on Saturday, three months after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami triggered a nuclear crisis at an atomic power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, northwestern Japan.
About 60 people, around half of them Japanese, participated in the gathering, holding up large folded paper cranes and banners, while calling for the closure of nuclear power reactors in Japan and the United States.
New Yorkers who took part said they want to express their solidarity with the people of Japan and Fukushima.
Yuko Tonohira, a 31-year-old from Hokkaido and one of the organizers of the event, said, "There are also dangerous nuclear power plants near New York. I want to tell the local people about such fears and ask them to work together to eliminate nuclear plants."
