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************************************************************ * NukeNews #24 - Anti-Nuclear Information Service * ************************************************************ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. Preface ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Outline of the current NukeNews issue #24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 0. 1. Slovenian Environmental Agency: No need for EIA for life time extension of Krško Nuclear power plant 2. Germany: Easter March in Gronau and Jülich 3. Negotiations with foreign vendors on the construction of nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic 4. Czech state stopped geological surveys and payment of financial compensation in 7 sites 5. On the road to the Antinuclear World Social Forum 2017 6. FoE Japan: National Policies Corner Victims - Six Years after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster XX YY ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Slovenian Environmental Agency: No need for EIA for life time extension of Krško Nuclear power plant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On 20 February 2017 the Slovenian Environmental Agency published its conclusion of the EIA screening procedure for the life time extension of Nuclear Power Plant Krško in which it concludes no EIA is needed. The Agency conducted EIA screening procedure based on the information provided by a group of environmental NGOs showing that in 2012 Nuclear Safety Administration extended the time of Krško NPP operation from 40 to 60 years. In the screening procedure the Agency consulted several competent authorities which all believe 20 more years of Krško NPP operations will not have any environmental impacts. Based on those opinions the decision for no EIA was adopted. On 6 March 2017 a group of environmental NGOs (Focus, PIC, Umanotera, SE-F) appealed against negative EIA screening decision, listing, among others, breach of Aarhus and Espoo Convention as reason. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Germany: Easter March in Gronau and Jülich ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Several groups are calling for a supraregional Easter March on Good Friday, April 14th in Gronau and Jülich. The rally will start in Gronau at 1 PM at the railway station and lead to the uranium enrichment facility. From there a shuttle bus will transport demonstrators back to the railway station. At the research center in Jülich, outside the uranium centrifugation company ETC, a joint venture of Urenco and Areva, a vigil will start at 2 PM. ETC with the centrifuges develops and constructs the knowledge on uranium enrichment, and thus also provides an option for a military usage. In context of the recent discussions about the supposed operation start of a huge uranium waste repository in Gronau while at the same time a possible closure of the uranium enrichment facility is discussed by politicians, but also in context of international voices for a new nuclear rearmament these actions in Gronau and Jülich are very important. More information: http://www.ostermarsch-gronau.de ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Negotiations with foreign vendors on the construction of nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Based on the comments from communities and associations, the Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) has decided not to extend the validity period of exploration permits for geological work by two years in relation to the siting process for a deep repository, as Radioactive Waste Repository Authority (SÚRAO/RAWRA) had demanded.The reason was that the validity of exploration permits expired on December 31, 2016 and SÚRAO submitted its request for extension late. This means that from 1st January 2017 SÚRAO must not perform any previously accepted geological work in the sites. Read the complete article: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/The_state_stopped_geological_surveys_and_the_payment_of_financial_compensation_in_7_sites ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Czech state stopped geological surveys and payment of financial compensation in 7 sites ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Between January 26 and February 10, 2017, consultations took place with six contenders for the construction of reactors in the country. The vendors are companies as follows: ATMEA (joint project of Mitsubishi and AREVA NP), China General Nuclear Power Corporation, AREVA NP / Electricité de France, Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation), Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation (Russia) and Toshiba / Westinghouse Electric Company (USA). Negotiations preceded to tender, without which the Czech Republic (unlike Hungary) will not build the generation 3+ reactors, but which has yet to be announced. Firstly, the Czech Republic wants to seek a waiver from the European Union because it does not want to apply the Public Procurement Act to its fullest extent. Read the complete article: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Negotiations_with_foreign_vendors_on_the_construction_of_nuclear_reactors_in_the_Czech_Republic ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. On the road to the Antinuclear World Social Forum 2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since the first World Social Forum (WSF) held at Porto Alegre in 2001, the anti-globalization movement has expanded and consolidated. Several WSFs took place in Latin America, in Asia, in Africa and, in August 2016, in North America. New themes enriched this dynamic. In 2013 and 2015, nuclear issues have been the subject of several workshops and the first Antinuclear Social Forum was held in spring 2016 in Tokyo, where a "Call for a nuclear-free world network" was launched. In Montréal, the second Antinuclear Forum took place within the WSF. Since France is the most nuclearized country in the world in proportion to the number of inhabitants, French antinuclear organizations thought it relevant to host the next Antinuclear WSF in France, from 2 to 4 November 2017, in Paris. Read the complete article: http://www.nuclear-heritage.net/index.php/Antinuclear_World_Social_Forum_2017 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. FoE Japan: National Policies Corner Victims - Six Years after the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Six years after March 11 2011, the accident remains unresolved and we continue to face the consequences of a prolonged and unprecedented nuclear disaster. The consequences are complicated and diverse. Due to the wide spread radiation contamination, the lives of those who once lived with blessings of nature were lost and in many areas, dramatically altered. The countless consequences include: loss of livelihood and purposes of life, living in cramped temporary evacuation shelters, dividing families and communities, health risks and growing anxieties, bullying and prejudice in the evacuation destinations... and the list goes on. In such a situation, national policy which encourages the evacuees to return to their home under the name of “reconstruction” corners victims of the nuclear disaster. 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