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Accident at Japan nuclear plant

A fatal accident has killed at least four people at the Mihama nuclear power plant in Japan. There was no leak of radioactivity but it is the deadliest accident in a catalogue of nuclear scandals in Japan.

Crisis in Japan's nuclear program demands end to reprocessing

Greenpeace calls for Japan to abandon plutonium program, phase out nuclear energy and phase in renewable energy.

Fire at nuclear plant in Japan

"This fire and radioactive leakage reminds us yet again of the serious threats posed by nuclear power. There is a real risk in Japan, and globally, of larger earthquakes and other natural disasters, as well as of terrorist attacks that could lead to far more serious nuclear accidents," said Jan Beranek, Greenpeace International Nuclear Campaigner.

Protestors from Greenpeace, and other NGO's, demonstrate in a blizzard at the gates of the Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant. The protest is against the testing and reprocessing of depleted uranium.

Earthquake, fire and nuclear leak in Japan

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the world's largest nuclear plant on Monday, causing a transformer fire. Since then, revelations have been coming out about spills and leaks at the plant.

British nuclear freighters depart Japan en route to UK

A British freighter carrying enough plutonium to make 50 nuclear bombs is now on route through the Pacific ocean. The ship will pass South Africa then up to the Irish sea before reaching its final destination at a nuclear reprocessing facility in Sellafield. Along its entire route the ship will face opposition by ordinary citizens in small boats and governments terrified at the prospect of an accident or deliberate attack.

Nuclear site in Takahama, Japan, under heavy guard for loading of rejected plutonium MOX fuel, which is being returned to the UK by ship.

Nuclear plant cover-ups in Japan

In late August, news started to come out of Japan that TEPCO (Japan’s largest nuclear utility and the second largest in the world) had been cheating on reactor inspections for years. This brings them in line with their colleagues in the USA, Europe, Russia, etc. - whose problems with honesty and openness are already well known.

Nuclear neighbours face protest in Japan and Ireland

From the heart of an ancient temple in forested hills just in from Japans’ western coast comes an unlikely opponent to Japan's plutonium programme: Nakajima Tetsuen, Chief Priest at the 1200 year old Myotsuji temple.

Japan to begin operation of world’s most expensive nuclear facility

– Greenpeace today warned of a new era in nuclear proliferation in Asia as the Rokkasho-mura reprocessing plant in Aomori Prefecture begins operating on Friday this week. As well as leading to large-scale contamination of the environment and long-term human health consequences, for the first time in its history, Japan will be free to acquire vast quantities of plutonium that could be used in nuclear weapons (1).