The Japanese government, through the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), is considering making loans to NRG Energy (and its partners Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Power) to help rescue the troubled two-reactor South Texas Nuclear Project. The cost estimate for this project has risen from $5.6 Billion in 2006 to more than $18 Billion today. These polluting nuclear reactors would operate in the deregulated Texas market, where competition from natural gas, solar and wind power is fierce. Indeed, independent estimates indicate that electricity from the South Texas Nuclear Project would cost 3-4 times more than current electricity prices in Texas.

In short, this would be a bad deal for Texas and a bad deal for JBIC and Japanese taxpayers, who could lose billions of dollars. Tell the Japanese government: Don't Mess with Texas and don't support loans for nuclear power in other countries!

But there's more to it than that.  This is the beginning of an international campaign. It isn't just Japan: export-import banks in France, the U.S. and elsewhere are also involved in spreading nuclear reactors and materials, radioactive waste, and radioactive contamination across the world. This isn't international cooperation; it's international devastation. And it has to stop. This is where we start. Please act now.

Please read and sign and add your own comments if you wish. The petition will be presented to the Prime Minister and his Cabinet. Note: To ensure your privacy, only your name, state (if in U.S.), country, and any comments you wish to add will be presented--none of your address information will be included in the copies given to the government officials. You can participate in this action no matter where in the world you live (and we hope you will participate!). Let's let Japan know the whole world is opposed to their funding nuclear projects in other countries!