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TEPCO confirms leak of 5.5 tonnes of radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear power plant

Approximately 5.5 tonnes of water contaminated with radioactive materials have leaked from equipment at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, local media reported Wednesday. At around 08:53 local time on Wednesday, workers discovered a water leak at the outlet of…

Can Europe really afford a Chernobyl 2.0 at Zaporizhzhia?

Last week, as UN member states sat down for the first round of talks reviewing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in this review cycle which will end in 2026, Nobel Prize winning organisation, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear…

Japan, help us all win the Gold

Dear esteemed H.E. Mr. Ishikane Kimihiro, Permanent Representative of Japan to the U.N., Deep gratitude and respect to you. May I ask you to relay this message to Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide, and Parliamentary Vice-Ministers of Defense Onishi Hrioyuki and…

Fukushima radioactive water dump plan disregards lives of marine animals

By Linda Pentz Gunter for Beyond Nuclear International. Many years ago, in what seems like another lifetime, I was a reporter on the tennis beat, walking through an airport with Martina Navratilova. The aroma of hot dogs wafted around, the…

Japan government will release irradiated water from Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea

Contaminated wastewater at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant will be released into the ocean “in around two years,” the Japanese government has announced, despite calls from China and South Korea urging against the move. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced…

Global Conference for a Nuclear Free, Renewable Energy Future: 10 Years Since Fukushima

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster – 10 years later, where are we and what have we learned? On March 11 (from March 10 US time), the 10 year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, eminent leaders, experts, government representatives and civil society…

No nukes in Asia…or anywhere

Groups call for a nuclear power ban and no radioactive water dump at Fukushima By No Nukes Asia Forum Japan • Citizens’Nuclear Information Center • Friends of the Earth Japan On the 10th Anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, groups…

Testimonies of the Fakushima Nuclear Disaster

Video Testimonies from Fukushima in 7 Languages: Ms Oga Ayako, who evacuated from Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture In cooperation with the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan), Peace Boat has launched the next…

Fukushima’s Radioactive Water Crisis

By Robert Hunziker Tokyo Electric Power’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, which experienced three massive meltdowns in 2011,is running out of room to store radioactive water. No surprise! But now, what to do about phosphorescent water? Addressing the issue, Japan’s…

An Open Letter To The People Of Japan From Concerned Peace Organizations and Citizens of The United States

—In observance of the 74th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Japan— We, the undersigned, representing a coalition of concerned peace organizations and citizens of the United States are advocating for abolition of nuclear weapons globally. We are gathering here,…

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