June 16-17, 2011
Withdrawal from nuclear power generation becomes pillar of Fukushima’s basic reconstruction policy
A Fukushima prefectural government panel on disaster reconstruction on June 15 announced that a recovery plan should focus on sustainable development of the community without relying on nuclear energy.
The panel stated that it will discuss ways to discontinue using nuclear power and promote the use of renewable energies along with promoting energy-saving and recycling campaign.
The prefecture will create a reconstruction vision based on the outcome of the panel’s discussion.
Sapporo mayor: ‘Pluthermal’ project should be frozen
Replying to a Japanese Communist Party representative in a city assembly meeting on June 16, Sapporo City Mayor Ueda Fumio said that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. should put the “pluthermal” project at its Tomari nuclear power plant on ice.
In Hokkaido’s Sapporo City, where 1.92 million people live within a 70-km radius of the Tomari plant, an increasing number of citizens are expressing anxiety.
Hokkaido Electric intends to go ahead with the pluthermal power generation project at the Tomari’s No.3 nuclear reactor.
Mayor Ueda indicated that he will petition relevant offices to have the project stopped, saying, “In the face of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear accident, I have found that the ‘safety myth’ of nuclear energy is no longer tenable.”
Permission to resume N-plant operation takes time: Ibaraki governor
On June 16 at a Prefectural Assembly special committee meeting, Ibaraki Governor Hashimoto Masaru showed a cautious attitude toward a resumption of operations at the Tokai No.2 Power Station in Tokai Village owned by the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC).
The operations of the plant are suspended due to damage caused by the March 11 tsunami.
When JCP representative of the assembly Ouchi Kumiko requested that the JAPC not be given permission to resume operations, the governor said, “I need time to decide whether to approve it or not.”
Fukuoka’s local assembly unanimously resolves to demand change in energy policy
The Itoshima City Assembly in Fukuoka Prefecture on June 16 unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the national government to shift energy policy to renewable energy from nuclear energy.
A portion of Itoshima City is located within a 20-km radius of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Company.
The Itoshima City Assembly is the first local assembly that adopted a resolution demanding the nation’s energy policy be changed among seven city assemblies in the three prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki, all of which are within a 30-km radius of the plant.
The resolution states that in order to permit the Genkai nuclear power plant to resume operation at its Nos 2 and 3 nuclear reactors, which are undergoing regular inspection, it is necessary to formulate comprehensive and acceptable safety measures.
A Fukushima prefectural government panel on disaster reconstruction on June 15 announced that a recovery plan should focus on sustainable development of the community without relying on nuclear energy.
The panel stated that it will discuss ways to discontinue using nuclear power and promote the use of renewable energies along with promoting energy-saving and recycling campaign.
The prefecture will create a reconstruction vision based on the outcome of the panel’s discussion.
Sapporo mayor: ‘Pluthermal’ project should be frozen
Replying to a Japanese Communist Party representative in a city assembly meeting on June 16, Sapporo City Mayor Ueda Fumio said that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. should put the “pluthermal” project at its Tomari nuclear power plant on ice.
In Hokkaido’s Sapporo City, where 1.92 million people live within a 70-km radius of the Tomari plant, an increasing number of citizens are expressing anxiety.
Hokkaido Electric intends to go ahead with the pluthermal power generation project at the Tomari’s No.3 nuclear reactor.
Mayor Ueda indicated that he will petition relevant offices to have the project stopped, saying, “In the face of the ongoing Fukushima nuclear accident, I have found that the ‘safety myth’ of nuclear energy is no longer tenable.”
Permission to resume N-plant operation takes time: Ibaraki governor
On June 16 at a Prefectural Assembly special committee meeting, Ibaraki Governor Hashimoto Masaru showed a cautious attitude toward a resumption of operations at the Tokai No.2 Power Station in Tokai Village owned by the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC).
The operations of the plant are suspended due to damage caused by the March 11 tsunami.
When JCP representative of the assembly Ouchi Kumiko requested that the JAPC not be given permission to resume operations, the governor said, “I need time to decide whether to approve it or not.”
Fukuoka’s local assembly unanimously resolves to demand change in energy policy
The Itoshima City Assembly in Fukuoka Prefecture on June 16 unanimously adopted a resolution calling on the national government to shift energy policy to renewable energy from nuclear energy.
A portion of Itoshima City is located within a 20-km radius of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant operated by Kyushu Electric Power Company.
The Itoshima City Assembly is the first local assembly that adopted a resolution demanding the nation’s energy policy be changed among seven city assemblies in the three prefectures of Fukuoka, Saga, and Nagasaki, all of which are within a 30-km radius of the plant.
The resolution states that in order to permit the Genkai nuclear power plant to resume operation at its Nos 2 and 3 nuclear reactors, which are undergoing regular inspection, it is necessary to formulate comprehensive and acceptable safety measures.
