Peace campaigners from Bromley joined others from all over the UK in a
Rally outside Parliament on 16/3/2019 to mark the 8th anniversary of the
Fukushima nuclear disaster. On the 11/3/2011, a powerful earthquake and a
tsunami caused meltdown in three reactors at the Daiichi nuclear power plant.
18200 people died in the disaster
and 42000 people were evacuated. Not forgetting those whose life expectancy has
been cut short because of radiation exposure.
Despite the Japanese government’s declaration that the decontamination
process is a great success, very few evacuees returned to their homes in the
region so far.
The cleanup operation underway in
Fukushima produced several million tons of contaminated soil so far with
nowhere to store.
Ann Garrett the secretary of
Bromley Borough CND said: “Chernobyl and Fukushima are lessons we cannot ignore
about the very high environmental and human cost of nuclear power. We must also
remember nuclear energy is very expensive to produce even without disasters.”
CND is also worried about the
close links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons such as Depleted Uranium
munitions deployed and used by the UK in two wars on Iraq, leaving behind a
legacy of environmental contamination and unprecedented increase in childhood
cancers in that country.
“Such disasters are a wake up
call to us all, we should be investing in clean renewable energy in our battle
against Climate Change, not in the nuclear industry. We have the expertise and
know how, we owe it to our children to leave them a safe clean planet
behind" added Ms Garrett.
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