Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World and other groups are launching #StopTepco Global Action Campaign to halt the dumping of radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility into the Pacific. 

Please Join #StopTepco global campaign to demand, “Don’t Nuke the Pacific!”, by sending postcards to 3 key officials in Fukushima (see below for details) who support the radioactive water dumping into the Pacific and demand they halt the outrageous dumping plan! The first deadline is May 1, 2023.

For groups that are interested in coordinating a local campaign to send postcards to Fukushima officials from your communities, we are happy to share some templates of postcard designs. Please download your favorite templates from website https://mp-nuclear-free.com/Fukushima/20230229.html (Our templates are based on the U.S. postal rules, so you might need to adjust the size based on your local rules.)

Instructions:

1. A sender can mail only once to each recipient: Mayor Izawa of Okuma-city, Mayor Yoshida of Futaba-city, and Fukushima Governor Uchibori.

2. Write your name and address (or town and country).

3. Write a brief message in any language in a blank space. Be respectful. 

4. Take photos of your postcards and share them on social media with #s, such as #StopTepco and #NewPlanTepco. Don’t forget to tag us: @mpnuclearfree (Twitter) or @mp.nuclear.free (Instagram and Facebook)

5. Add postage before mailing to Japan! (From the U.S. it is $1.45) 

6. Spread the word!

7. Deadline is May 1.

Addresses of 3 key Fukushima officials: 

Mayor Shiro Izawa

Futaba-machi townhall

Machinishi 73-4, Nagatsuka, Futaba-machi 

Futaba-gun, Fukushima 979-1495

Japan

Mayor Jun Yoshida

Okuma-machi townhall

Minamidaira, Ogawara, Okuma-machi

Futaba-gun, fukushima, 979-1306

Japan

Governor Masao Uchibori

Fukushima Prefectural Hall

2-16 Sugitsuma-cho, 

Fukushima-city, Fukushima 960-8670

Japan

Background info:　

On April 13, 2021, the Japanese government announced that it will start discharging more than 1.3 million metric tons (350 million gallons) of radioactive “treated” wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi into the Pacific starting from the spring of 2023. The dumping will continue for three decades or more. The “treated” water contains radioactive isotopes due to some being used to cool the highly radioactive melted cores of nuclear reactors. Tritium and carbon-14 cannot be filtered out at all. Three independent human rights experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council expressed deep regret at Japan’s decision. Fukushima residents, fisheries associations, most of Fukushima’s districts, and many anti-nuclear groups in and outside Japan expressed their opposition to the plan. Henry Puna, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, calls for the Japanese government to hold off on any such release.

The dumping practice will set a bad precedent, and other nuclear power plants across the globe might follow the practice.

The dumping of this radioactive wastewater would cause irreparable damage to our planet, and will affect everything from the smallest creatures in the water to our human living conditions and everyday lives.

Join our #StopTepco global campaign to demand “Don’t Nuke the Pacific!” Let’s protect our Ocean! No Nukes! 

Resources:

1.     Japan plans to seek G7 endorsement on discharge of Fukushima treated water (Japan Times) https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/22/national/fukushima-g7-endorsement/?fbclid=IwAR3R2nllNXhsqMPq-pAuPJoaU9ucco6VXRXg_KKraSbUmEUh8Q1PBnYLLRI

2.     Fukushima residents feel left out in TEPCO’s water plan (Asahi): The discharge from the underground tunnel might start in spring or summer. https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14848557

3.     Position Paper by the National Association of Marine Laboratories:  Scientific opposition to Japan’s planned release of over 1.3 million tons of radioactively contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean commencing in 2023 https://www.naml.org/policy/documents.php

4.     The Dangers of Tritium by Dr. Ian Fairlie: https://youtu.be/90tnl7TfkGM 

5.     Tritium Expose – Fairewinds Podcast: https://www.fairewinds.org/podcast/tritium-expose 

6.     Petition to the Japanese government to halt the dumping plan: https://www.mp-nuclear-free.com/Fukushima/20220803.html 

7.     Impact of nuclear testing in the Pacific: https://youtu.be/b7Qocjasw24 

8.     Voice from the Pacific Islands Forum: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/04/japan-must-work-with-the-pacific-to-find-a-solution-to-the-fukushima-water-release-issue-otherwise-we-face-disaster