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Halt the dangerous Plutonium-based Nuclear Program of Japan (1997)
| Author | Plutonium Action Hiroshima |
| Date | September 1997 |
| Classification | 4.21.0.00/08 (JAPAN - GENERAL) |
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From the publication:
Halt the Dangerous Plutonium-based Nuclear Program of Japan! If someone tries to creep past your house with a ticking time bomb, naturally there is reason for concern. Spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of Argentina on plans to transport plutonium from France and Britain to Japan by ship, 1 October 1992 1. Death of Superphenix The new French Premier Jospin, on 19th of June, announced the closure of Superphenix, the largest Fast Breeder Reactor in the world. After the start of its operation in 1986, it has been repeatedly stopped because of troubles such as 200 tons of sodium leakage or the mixture of oxygen into sodium tanks. It is said that for 11 years it was operated in full-power only for 278 days! The French government had changed the purpose and planned to rebuild the reactor of the Superphenix from commercial to a research reactor. But at last the new cabinet regained its common sense to put an end to this dangerous and uneconomical project. Undoubtedly, Superphenix which cost FFr 60 billion (US $10 billion) must be the worst scandal in French history and the decision of its closure is a great victory for the environmental and anti-nukes movement not only in France but also around the world. We Japanese anti-nukes movement welcome Premier Jospin' s announcement as an announcement of total failure of plutonium utilizing project and hope it will lead Japan to close its absurd nuclear development.
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