An Appeal from Japan to worldwide civil organizations
concerning stabilization of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel.
We ask your support for our appeal to Prime Minister of
Japan Yoshihiko Noda and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
To civil organizations
around the world:
Please support this
effort by endorsing our letter to Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and UN
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon dated 30 April 2012.
Deadline: 20 May 2012
Please send endorsement
to: info@greenaction-japan.org
(Please
include city and country of your organization.)
For full text of letter/endorsements/signatories, see: http://wp.me/p1FMPy-B6
We Japanese civil organizations* express
our deepest concern that our government does not inform its citizens about the
extent of risk of the Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool. Given
the fact that collapse of this pool could potentially lead to catastrophic
consequences with worldwide implications, what the Japanese government should
be doing as a responsible member of the international community is to avoid any
further disaster by mobilizing all the wisdom and the means available in order
to stabilize this pool.
It is clearly evident that Fukushima
Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool is no longer a Japanese issue but an
international issue with potentially serious consequences. Therefore, it is
imperative for the Japanese government and the international community to work
together on this crisis before it becomes too late. We are appealing to the
United Nations to help Japan and the planet in order to prevent the
irreversible consequences of a catastrophe that could affect generations to
come. We are sending an urgent request to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
and Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihiko Noda as follows:
1.
The United Nations should
organize a Nuclear Security Summit to take up the crucial problem of the Fukushima
Daiichi Unit 4 spent nuclear fuel pool.
2.
The United Nations should
establish an independent assessment team on Fukushima Daiichi Unit 4 and
coordinate international assistance in order to stabilize the unit’s spent
nuclear fuel pool and prevent radiological consequences with potentially catastrophic
consequences.
30
April 2012
*72
Japanese civil organizations have signed this petition (as of 30 April 2012)
Contact:
Shut Tomari (Japan)
1-2, 6-4 Higashisapporo, Shiroishi-ku,
Sapporo 003-0006 Japan
TEL: +81-90-26951937
FAX:+81-11-826-3796 email: kaori-izumi@ta3.so-net.ne.jp
Green Action (Japan)
Suite
103, 22-75 Tanaka Sekiden-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8203 Japan
Tel:
+81-75-701-7223 Fax: +81-75-702-1952 email: info@greenaction-japan.org
