EVENT in UENO, TOKYO: Don't Dump Radiation into the Sea And Land!

[NNMH]

Don't Dump Radiation into the Sea And Land!
“GRAND AUTUMN HARVEST FESTIVAL”
by: NoNukesMoreHearts, StopReprocessingPlant, LoveRokkasho

Sunday November 30, 2008
at UENO SUIJOU ONGAKUDOU
(UENO MUSIC HALL ON WATER)
T O K Y O

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The Rokkasho reprocessing plant in Aomori is a chemical factory to process nuclear spent fuels (nuclear trash) produced at 55 nuclear power plants across Japan. Once the full scale operation begins, it would release one year worth of radiation into the sky and ocean. How many of us are aware that “the environment and food are about to be polluted by dumped radiation across the land and sea as a part of a Japan’s energy policy.” The level of predicted pollution has already been publically announced, but there’re almost no press reports.
It’s all about the energy that every one of us depends on. “Will we just let it be?” We are committed to question from a major energy consuming site of Tokyo, share this issue with as many people, and widely disperse the concern.
This is a fun and entertaining event for everyone. Please come along with your friends and family!
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DATE: November 30th, 2008, Sunday (Opens in case of rain)

OPEN: 10:30 , START : 11:45 , DEMO PARADE : 15:00, END : 17:25

PLACE: UENO SUIJOU ONGAKUDOU (UENO MUSIC HALL ON WATER)
2-1 Ueno Kouen, Taito-ku, Tokyo (By Shinobazu pond in Ueno Park)

BY TRAIN: Ueno, Yushima, Ueno-hirokoji, Ueno-okachimachi

ADMISSION: FREE

CONTENS: Music lives, talks, demonstration parade, workshops, booth exhibitions, etc.





STAGE:

*TALKS
Hiroaki Koide / Hitomi Kamanaka / Yu Tanaka / Yuko Hirose / Takami Yoshimoto / David Kinoshita / Takashi Tomita / and surprise guests

*MUSIC LIVE
PANTA / Youko Utsumi / Ann Sally / Gyokou / FUNKIST / Kotobuki / Kazeyoshi

*GUESTS FROM AOMORI
Wakako Yamamoto / YAM

*DEMONSTRATION PARADE
Starts and ends in Suijou Ongakudou – one hour demonstration parade
- Join us in your own style
- Music instruments, sound makers, and signs are welcome! Let’s get together!



HOSTED BY: “1130 Say “NO!” to Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant From Tokyo” Committee
ORGANISING GROUPS: NO NUKES MORE HEARTS / Citizen’s Nuclear Information Center / DAICHI WO MAMORU KAI
CONTACT: e-mail: info@nonukesmorehearts.org
MORE INFO: NO
http://www.nonukesmorehearts.org/english.html


If you'd like to download the flyer, please click these links:

face side (color) -
http://www.nonukesmorehearts.org/art...flyer_face.pdf
face side (b/w) -
http://www.nonukesmorehearts.org/art..._mono_face.pdf
back side -
http://www.nonukesmorehearts.org/art..._mono_back.pdf



●SPONSORED BY:
★PATAGONIA　★VEGAN Healing Cafe ★STOP SAISHORI KOJO / IKEN KOUKOKU NO KAI ★SHOKU TO KANKEIKACHI KENKYUJO

●SUPPORTED BY:
★STOP ROKKASHO★A SEED JAPAN★RIZINE★MOMONGA TOMODAZCHI NET


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■A PLANT TO EXTRACT DEADLY PLUTONIUM
Plutonium is super toxic substance as much as “5 sugar cubes of it would wipe out the entire Japanese population.” In the extraction process, Rokkasho reprocessing plant under the normal operation releases radiation 300 times more than that at a regular nuclear power station and will operate over approximately 40 years. The related costs in reprocessing is announced to be approximately 19 trillion yen, and it’s already been deducted from our electricity bills.

■NATIONALLY-SPREADING VOICE OF “NO! REPROCESSING”
Concerns over the quasi-permanent effect of radiation is significantly growing. Many farmers, fishermen, sea-loving surfers, and supporters for environment and safe food get together regardless of their positions to oppose to the reprocessing plant. Their voice has been widely spreading across Japan. According to a report by a group of scientists in this May, “an active fault is located directly under nuclear fuel cycle facilities at Rokkasho reprocessing plant. If it’s connected to the fault of shelf edge, an 8-magnitude earthquake would be possible to occur.” This remark is raising general fears.

*As of Oct.20th, it is announced that “the full operation of reprocessing plant will resume in this November.” However, it’s been delayed 14 times so far, and the latest schedule is most likely to be postponed according to the press.

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● Request for support and donation

We’re offering free admission with the support and donations to cover the general event costs. Your supports would be greatly appreciated!

◆Supoort and sponsorship:
Personal support: ¥1,000 minimum, Group support: ¥3,000 minimum, Sponsorship: ¥10,000 minimum

◆Where to deposit:
Post Office Account: 00190-8-428955
Name of Account Holder: NO NUKES MORE HEARTS

*Please indicate “this support/sponsorship is for 11.30 event” in the space of correspondence on the deposit slip.

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[NNMH]

Many talks, much music, walking together, free market and something hot to drink and eat...
Let's hang on, we're looking forward to see many of you!

Here, several other pieces of info on Rokkasho reprocessing plant and plutonium.


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The risks:


1. Large quantities of radioactivity concentrated and released into the environment
- Released into the atmosphere: Krypton, Tritium, Xenon, Iodine,
Carbon-14, Caesium, Ruthenium, etc.
- Released to sea: Tritium, Technetium, Caesium, Americium, Iodine, Plutonium, etc.


2. Reprocessing capacity: 800 tons/year
Plutonium separated: 8 tons (8,000 kilograms)/year
- 8 kg of plutonium is enough to make one Nagasaki type bomb (8,000kg/kear separated at Rokkasho)
- 10 micrograms (10 millionths of a gram) is the amount permitted for about 1 billion people.

If, in addition to the existing stockpile of 43 tons, 8 tons of
plutonium is separated each year, this comes to 363 tons after 40
years operations at full capacity.


3. Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF): storage capacity of 3,000 tons
- (Less than 3 years worth of the SNF from Japan's 55 reactors)

Where will they store other SNF after 3 years from the beginning of full-scale operation?


4. The commercial use of nuclear energy, on which the whole process is premised, is in itself a big problem, because of the radioactive waste and the possibility odd catastrophic accidents.

Furthermore, Japan is a seismic country.


5. Japan's use of plutonium will have a huge impact on international disarmament efforts and could encourage other countries to use plutonium.

There have already been expressions of great concern from the international community...

Union of Concerned Scientists: Japanese plutonium plant undermines war on terror
Homepage | Union of Concerned Scientists ... plant.html
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[Excessum]

Yes... i completely support this... there is completely no need for nuclear waste storage/reprocessing plant! They can just dump the whole stuff straight away in-to the nearby rivers, seas, the ocean... that way they will at least avoid any accidental leaks.

[NNMH]

OK, IT WILL BE TAKING PLACE ON THIS SUNDAY!!!

Here, a map that shows the DEMONSTRATION PARADE route (sorry, only in Japanese...).

Come on, let's hang up!!!

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And... many thanks, Excessum!