Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World
18. januar 2012
I weekenden var mere end 10.000 mennesker samlet i Yokohama til to dages Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free World, mens yderligere 30.000 fulgte med via online transmissioner.
I skyggen af Fukushima-ulykken, hvis konsekvenser vi endnu kun har set begyndelsen af, står A-kraften et sted, hvor verden af mange grunde burde fravælge den. Der har igen og igen været argumenteret med, at det er et slag for klimaet. Men rent faktisk kan man for de samme investerede midler få langt mere energi langt hurtigere, sikrere og sundere ved at investere i vedvarende energi end ved at satse på A-kraft. Som Fukushima-ulykken har tydeliggjort, er A-kraften hverken sikker, ren eller billig. Og når det som i Fukushima for snart et år siden går alvorligt galt, har det omfattende konsekvenser ud i de yderste afkroge af et helt samfund.
På konferencens hjemmeside www.npfree.jp er de to dages aktiviteter dokumenteret på video. Jeg vil her blot rette opmærksomheden på konferencens deklarationstekst. Den kan downloades i pdf-format nedenfor.
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Yokohama Declaration for a Nuclear Power Free World
The 11 March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and related melt down at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has led to great suffering for the people of Japan and has increased radioactive contamination across the globe. It has also sounded a warning bell throughout the world about the long-term health, environmental and economic risks of nuclear power.
As with Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the accident at Fukushima has reminded us once again that nuclear technology is unforgiving and accidents cannot be contained. The situation is not under control as declared by the Japanese Government. The nuclear power plant is still unstable and workers continue to work under life-threatening conditions.
Radioactive contamination is spreading. This is a regional and global emergency. People are either forced to flee with their children or live with unacceptable health dangers and prolonged radiation exposure. In Fukushima prefecture, evidence of radioactive material has been found in the breast milk of mothers and the urine of children. Lives are threatened, including those of future generations. The regional economy has been destroyed.
