Tag Archives: anti-nuclear

Nun sentenced to 35 months in nuclear plant break-in via USA today

Posted on 2014/02/20 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Break-in at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., happened July 28, 2012. An 84-year-old Catholic nun will spend nearly three years in federal prison for breaking into one of the U.S. government’s most secure facilities and helping deface … Continue reading →

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A Japanese Director Takes on the ‘Nuclear Lobby’ via nuclear news

Posted on 2014/01/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SCRIPT: This Japanese film almost never saw the light of day. “The House of the Rising Sun” tells the story of a family torn apart by a nuclear disaster. A subject so sensitive in Japan that the director found it … Continue reading →

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Protesters mark 1000th straight day of fight against nuclear power via Japan Daily Press

Posted on 2014/01/22 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Demonstrators against nuclear power marked January 14 as the 1000th consecutive day of their protest, which started April 2011, a month after the Fukushima disaster. Staying outside the head office of the Kyushu Electric Power Co., they continued to rally … Continue reading →

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【Editorial】Election spotlight on nuclear power via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/01/20 by norma field

Whether Japan should rely on nuclear power generation will be a main theme in the Feb. 9 Tokyo gubernatorial election as a result of former Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa’s announcement Tuesday that he will run in the election on a … Continue reading →

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[transcript] Protests Grow in Japan: “We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants” via truthout

Posted on 2014/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Recent moves by the Japanese government to restart the country’s nuclear power plant facilities have been met by growing protests “I think this is a problem of the world, not just of Japan,” Kato Kaiko told Democracy Now! at a … Continue reading →

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Activists [in Taiwan] preparing to sue Fukushima nuclear plant suppliers via The China Post

Posted on 2014/01/09 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TAIPEI — Anti-nuclear activists from Taiwan and Japan are calling for participation in a proposed international group lawsuit against the equipment suppliers of a Japanese nuclear plant that suffered meltdowns in a 2011 earthquake-tsunami catastrophe, in an effort to highlight … Continue reading →

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URANIUM FILM FESTIVAL – “WOMEN OF FUKUSHIMA” via Global Possibilities

Posted on 2014/01/06 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Uranium Film Festival New York Brooklyn Program: http://www.paviliontheater.com/?p=content&id=Uranium+Film+Festival+2014+Feb+14+to+Feb+18+ For donations http://www.uraniumfilmfestival.org/index.php/en/support Festival Office and Film Entry Address: Uranium Film Festival Rua Monte Alegre. 356 / Apt 301 Rio de Janeiro / RJ CEP 20240-194 – Brazil info@uraniumfilmfestival.org www.uraniumfilmfestival.org Women of … Continue reading →

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After forming govt in Delhi, AAP reaches out to anti-Kudankulam protesters via Indiatoday

Posted on 2013/12/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

After forming government in Delhi, looks like AAP is reaching out to other states also by picking up the local issues. AAP’s support to anti-Kudankulam protests could turn political. AAP’s Prashant Bhushan held meeting with anti-Kudankulam protests leader SP Udayakumar … Continue reading →

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Former Japanese leader firm on nuclear energy via DW

Posted on 2013/12/12 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Naoto Kan, who was Japanese PM when the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake hit and crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant, remains in politics but has only one aim now: to see every last atomic energy plant shut down. […] … Continue reading →

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Anti-nuclear activists booked in connection with explosion near Kudankulam plant via The Times Of India

Posted on 2013/11/27 by kojimaaiko

Police have booked anti-nuclear protesters including S P Udayakumar in connection with the explosion at a village near Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in which six people including three children were killed. Udayakumar, head of the anti-nuclear People’s Movement Against Nuclear … Continue reading →

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