Tell the Japanese government: don’t dump nuclear waste into the ocean!
Hundreds of thousands of tonnes of radioactive water could be dumped into the Pacific Ocean, if the nuclear energy giant TEPCO has its way.
TEPCO is the corporation that failed to meet the basic safety requirements that might have prevented the Fukushima Daichii emergency generators from failing when Japan was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
The consequences of dumping more nuclear waste into the marine ecosystem could be catastrophic.
But it’s not too late to stop this impending ecocide: the Japanese government still needs to give TEPCO the green light.
After the Fukushima disaster, the Japanese government has been under constant pressure from local residents. Now, with support from around the world, we can help shine a spotlight and plead with them to stop TEPCO’s dangerous plans.
Six years ago, a powerful earthquake shook Japan unleashing gigantic tsunami waves. More than 15,000 people died in Japan as a result from the natural disaster, hundreds of thousands were evacuated from their homes — and Japan experienced its worst nuclear accident ever.
Now, the Fukushima disaster will keep unfolding — if TEPCO has its way.
Fishermen who operate in waters off the plant say any release of radioactive material will devastate an industry that is still struggling to recover from the initial nuclear disaster.
Each day, 300 tonnes of water wash through the Fukushima reactors, cooling them down and collecting a slew of radioactive material along the way.
While some of the contaminants can be filtered out, the water cannot be cleaned from tritium — a radioactive form of hydrogen — resulting in nearly a million tonnes of highly radioactive waste water.
And now TEPCO is planning to release this massive toxic dump into the ocean.
We cannot allow the energy giant partly responsible for the biggest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl to continue wrecking the Pacific ecosystem — and the lives that depend on it.
First signers of this petition include:
Michèle Rivasi, France, Member of the European ParliamentPaul Watson, Canada, Sea Shepherd Conservation SocietyValérie Cabanes, France, End Ecocide on EarthClaire Nouvian, France, BloomMichel Reimon, Austria, Member of the European ParliamentEva Joly, France, Member of the European ParliamentUlrike Lunacek, Austria, Member of the European ParliamentBart Staes, Belgium, Member of the European ParliamentClaude Turmes, Luxembourg, Member of the European ParliamentSven Giegold, Germany, Member of the European ParliamentMagrete Auken, Denmark, Member of the European ParliamentMolly Scott Cato, United Kingdom, Member of the European ParliamentRebecca Harms, Germany, Member of the European ParliamentBenedek Javor, Hungary, Member of the European ParliamentLamya Essemlali, France, Sea Shepherd FranceNicolas Imbert, France, Green Cross FranceIsmail Sezgin, United Kingdom, Center for Izmet StudiesCarl Schlyter, Sweden, Member of the Swedish RiksdagKeith Taylor, United Kingdom, Member of the European ParliamentJosé Bové, France, Member of the European ParliamentYannick Jadot, France, Member of the European ParliamentKarima Delli, France, Member of the European ParliamentPascal Durand, France, Member of the European ParliamentJean-Marc Pasquet, France, NovoIdeoFrançois Sarano, France, Longitude181Alienor Bertrand, France, CNRSJean-Pierre Goux, France, BlueTurnCharles-Maxence Layet, France, Orbs l’autre PlanèteLeina Sato, Japan, Mother Ocean |
More information
The Guardian. 30 June 2017.
The Telegraph. 14 July 2017.
UPI. 14 July 2017.
ENENews. 3 July 2017.
Independent. 15 July 2017.
