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Former town mayor recalls town referendum that booted plans for nuclear plant via the Japan Times

Posted on 2016/08/18 by norma field

NIIGATA – Residents of the town of Maki, Niigata Prefecture, made the right decision 20 years ago, according to Takaaki Sasaguchi. The town was Japan’s first ever to hold a referendum over a plan to build a nuclear power plant … Continue reading →

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South Korean Town to Put Nuclear Plan to Vote via ABC News

Posted on 2014/10/08 by norma field

Fighting plans to build a nuclear power plant, a South Korean fishing village is holding a referendum Thursday, even though the government has warned the vote is illegal. A site in Samcheok, 195 kilometers (120 miles) east of Seoul, was … Continue reading →

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Taiwan leader promises referendum on disputed nuclear plant via Channel NewsAsia

Posted on 2014/04/25 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday promised to let the public decide the fate of a controversial nuclear facility amid growing concern over the safety of nuclear power. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou on Friday promised to let the public … Continue reading →

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Waste Site Referendum via The Japan Times

Posted on 2014/01/12 by norma field

NARAHA, Fukushima Pref. JIJI A group of Fukushima residents in the fallout-hit town of Naraha on Friday requested that a local ordinance be drafted to hold a referendum on accepting interim nuclear waste storage in the municipality. Such a facility … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy vs. Nuclear Power: Taiwan’s energy future in light of Chinese, German and Japanese experience since 3.11 via Japan Focus

Posted on 2013/06/10 by norma field

John Mathews and Mei-Chih Hu Taiwan is presently wracked by debate over the prospect of a referendum on the country’s Fourth Nuclear Power facility, currently under construction but subject to a ban on further works. The debate is focused on … Continue reading →

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Standing on Shaky Ground: Taiwan via ABC News

Posted on 2013/04/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A massive earthquake and series of tsunami triggered 2011’s Fukushima nuclear disaster and exposed major shortcomings and widespread complacency in safety and preparedness but the shockwaves reverberated well beyond Japan. Further along the fault lines of the Pacific Rim of … Continue reading →

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Swiss Phase-Out Initiative To Be Put To National Vote via NucNet

Posted on 2013/01/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

18 Jan (NucNet): The Swiss Federal Chancellery said yesterday that 107,533 of the 108,227 signatures on a popular initiative submitted by the Green Party for a partial revision of the federal constitution on the phase-out of nuclear energy are valid, … Continue reading →

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Lithuanian Nuclear-Plant Vote Won’t Change Latvia View, BNS Says via Bloomberg

Posted on 2012/10/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A Lithuanian referendum this week on a proposed nuclear-power plant probably won’t change Latvia’s plans to participate in the project, Latvian Economy Minister Daniels Pavluts told the Baltic News Service. Latvia hasn’t given final approval to participate in the project … Continue reading →

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Shizuoka pressed on Hamaoka　via The Japan Times Online

Posted on 2012/07/25 by norma field

SHIZUOKA — A civic group submitted signatures Monday to local electoral committees demanding that the Shizuoka Prefectural Government hold a referendum to determine whether the idled Hamaoka nuclear power station should be allowed to resume operations. The group said it … Continue reading →

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