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Hope from Fukushima

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Greenpeace activists join tens of thousands of people marching on the Japanese parliament on March 10, 2013 in remembrance of the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima , and to demand the Japanese government to abandon its dangerous nuclear program.

As we mark the second memorial of the March 11, 2011 triple disaster, we see tragedy, but also hope in Japan.

While people mourn for the mothers, fathers, siblings, grandparents and children that were lost in the earthquake and tsunami, many of those that fled the natural disaster have been able to return home and rebuild their lives and communities as best they can. Continue reading →

How can the nuclear industry profit from nuclear disasters?

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Activists from Greenpeace Turkey protest in front of the Hagia Sofia.

At 2:46pm, 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit north east Japan, triggering three meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Since then, an unthinkable amount of radioactive contamination has been discharged to our sea, our air, our land, and onto ourselves. It has changed the lives of millions of people, destroyed local farmlands and fisheries that were carefully protected for generations.

The most contaminated areas of Fukushima nuclear disaster remain inhabitable, and will for decades. This leaves the 160,000 ordered to evacuate stuck in limbo, unable to go home, and unable to build new lives elsewhere because they lack proper compensation and support. Continue reading →

And what of nuclear reactors after a superstorm?

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Salem Nuclear Generating Station, New Jersey

Several nuclear reactors in New Jersey and New York shutdown as Hurricane Sandy slams into East Coast.

The morning after Hurricane Sandy struck the eastern seaboard several nuclear reactors in New Jersey and New York are now shutdown and information on their status is sparse if available at all. Continue reading →

Never waste a crisis

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Blogpost by Greg McNevin - February 10, 2012 at 10:00

Greenpeace Japan activists and volunteers join the public on the 'Energy Revolution' parade through the streets of downtown Tokyo to mark the 6 month anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake, resulting tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert / Greenpeace

Or so the saying goes, and Japan has been in crisis mode for much of the last year. That said, while radioactive contamination fears remain, and economic downturn is causing some pain, you could be forgiven for thinking that the impact of the March 11, 2011 triple-disaster on the country has been negligible. Life seemingly rolls on as normal. Continue reading →