Fukushima 30-Year Project

Fukushima 30-Year Project was incorporated in July 2011 to measure radioactive contamination by the hands of citizens. Cesium 137 has a half-life of 30 years, thus the long term goal is to assist and support the people of Fukushima throughout the next 30 years.

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Excerpt from Fukushima 30-Year Project website:

The Japanese government continues to publicize that "Fukushima is safe" based on rough measurements.

We do not agree that there is true safety and security for the citizens who actually live in Fukushima.

FukushimaResponse

FukushimaResponse is a regional network (Northern California) of concerned individuals working together to disseminate information in order to spur local and global demands for action in response to the immediate threat of catastrophic global radiation contamination emanating from the devastated Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. 

Don't Nuke the Climate

The solutions to the climate crisis are clear: A rapid, just transition to a nuclear-free, carbon-free energy system. The only sure way to stop the global warming impacts of energy use is to transition as quickly as possible from antiquated energy models of the 20th Century and their polluting nuclear power and fossil fuel technologies … to the safe, clean, affordable and sustainable renewable, efficient, and smart technologies of the 21st Century.

Nuclear power, in particular, cannot solve the climate crisis. Indeed, its continued use exacerbates global warming by preventing the deployment of clean energy systems.

Rooted in human rights violations and environmental racism: Indigenous people, people of color and low-income communities are targeted for uranium mining and radioactive waste. Radiation harms women and girls at twice the rate as their male counterparts. And radioactive pollution indiscriminately harms future generations, poisoning the environment for hundreds to thousands of years.

Among a myriad of other problems, nuclear power is:

1. Too Dirty: Nuclear reactors and the nuclear fuel chain produce vast amounts of lethal radioactive waste, which grow whenever nuclear power is used. The nuclear fuel chain is responsible for far more carbon emissions than renewable energy generation and improved energy efficiency. All reactors routinely emit radiation and radioactive waste. Scientific bodies agree have confirmed that there is no “safe” level of radiation exposure.

2. Too Dangerous: Continued use of nuclear power will inevitably lead to more Fukushimas, Church Rocks, and Chernobyls. The technology and materials needed to generate nuclear energy can be diverted to nuclear weapons programs.

3. Too Expensive: Nuclear power is the costliest means possible of reducing carbon and methane emissions; its use crowds out investment in clean energy sources.

4. Too Slow: Use of nuclear power to reduce fossil fuel emissions would require an unprecedented nuclear construction program, beyond the capability of the world’s manufacturers within an acceptable time frame.

Clean energy, including solar, wind, geothermal, energy efficiency, distributed generation, electricity storage and other advanced technologies can meet the world’s energy needs without carbon and methane emissions, radioactive waste, and other pollutants.

Gender + Radiation Impact Project (GRIP)

GRIP seeks to broaden research on the impact of radiation to include girls, women, and the entire human life-cycle. 

The mission of Gender and Radiation Impact Project is to catalyze better choices for preventing unintended exposure to low level ionizing radiation and an overall reduction in harm – for everyone, but especially little girls who are most impacted by radiation exposure.

Global Zero

Global Zero is the international movement for the elimination of all nuclear weapons. Its members understand that the only way to eliminate the nuclear threat – including proliferation, nuclear terrorism and humanitarian catastrophe – is to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, secure all nuclear materials and eliminate all nuclear weapons: global zero. The movement combines cutting-edge policy development and direct dialogue with governments with public outreach, including media, online and grassroots initiatives to make the elimination of nuclear weapons an urgent global imperative.

Green Action (Japan)

Established in 1991, Green Action is based in Kyoto near one of the highest concentrations of nuclear power plants in the world.

Green Action works hands-on locally, regionally, and nationally, connecting local people and experts, activists around the country to each other, and Japanese experts, NGOs and their international counterparts.

Hanford Challenge

Hanford Challenge is a nonprofit watchdog create a future for the Hanford Nuclear Site that secures human health and safety, advances accountability, and promotes a sustainable environmental legacy.

They work to hold Hanford accountable and do this by protecting whistleblowers, promoting discovery of common ground among traditional opponents, conducting environmental sampling, and generating creative resolutions and collaborative opportunities for improving the cleanup. The goal for Hanford is a site that performs its cleanup obligations in a transparent, efficient, creative manner at a reasonable cost to the taxpayer and in a fashion that protects health and safety, the environment, and future generations.

Hanford Challenge works closely with concerned employees, insiders, retired employees, and whistleblowers to assure that their voices can be safely heard within the Department of Energy and contractor communities. They conduct investigations and create public and private venues for disclosure and discussion and use dialogue when possible to resolve conflict, and litigation when less contentious methods fail.

Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC)

The Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC) is a coalition of environmental, health and public policy organizations, founded to address the vulnerability of the nuclear reactors at Indian Point.

Over 20 million people live within 50 miles of the plant. Our concerns include both existing radiation releases and potential additional releases from either human error, aging infrastructure or terrorism, and the flawed, unfixable evacuation plan. Our grassroots efforts have enlisted the support of hundreds of local, state and federal officials.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

ICAN is a coalition of non-governmental organizations promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty.

ICAN is a broad, inclusive campaign, focused on mobilizing civil society around the world to support the specific objective of prohibiting and eliminating nuclear weapons. The ICAN international structure consists of partner organizations, an international steering group and an international staff team.

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Founded in 1980, IPPNW was an inspiration born of the Cold War. With the world divided into two militarized camps poised on the brink of nuclear war, a small group of Soviet and American doctors took a leap of faith. They reasoned that their common interest in survival was more powerful than the ideological divides between them. They believed that their obligation as physicians included a common commitment to the prevention of nuclear war.

IPPNW is a non-partisan federation of national medical groups in over 60 countries, representing tens of thousands of doctors, medical students, other health workers, and concerned citizens who share the common goal of creating a more peaceful and secure world freed from the threat of nuclear annihilation and armed violence.

Los Alamos Study Group

The Study Group was founded in 1989 by Greg Mello and others who met regularly and organized public meetings in Los Alamos and Santa Fe to discuss nuclear policy and related issues. In 1992, the Study Group began work as a full-time staffed organization. Throughout this time, they have contributed popular and policy leadership on Department of Energy (DOE) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) weapons laboratory and warhead issues, in which they have considerable expertise.

They have conducted hundreds of public meetings and hundreds of briefings on Capitol Hill and are strictly nonpartisan and factual. They anchor policy details in a broad historical and technical perspective. They have wide technical, legal, and public education experience as well as strong academic and work histories in science, engineering, law, and organizing.

League of Conservation Voters

Today, low-income communities and communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of polluters’ unchecked actions and are often disregarded or disenfranchised from the political processes and decisions that affect their communities. As a result, these communities often suffer from higher rates of asthma and other debilitating illnesses, contaminated soil and water, infrastructure that crumbles in extreme weather, and job loss and displacement. LCV firmly believes that no matter what your zip code, all people have a right to clean air, safe drinking water and access to open spaces. We are working to ensure that local communities are always part of the decision making processes, and we are fighting for a future where all communities are protected from environmental harm.

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World is a group of concerned citizens, educators, health advocates, artists and lawyers with a mission to raise awareness of the costs, risks, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.

Mothers For Peace

San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace is a non-profit organization concerned with the dangers posed by Diablo Canyon and other nuclear reactors, nuclear weapons, and radioactive waste. Additionally, the organization works to promote peace, environmental and social justice, and renewable energy.

Specifically, Mothers for Peace has been involved in litigation and public hearings involving the following issues: initial and subsequent licenses, seismic safety, County Emergency Response Plan, high level radioactive waste storage, rate structure and deregulation, degradation of coastal waters, plant security.

Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS)

NEIS (based in Illinois) is a non-profit organization committed to ending nuclear power and advocating for sustainable ecologically sound and socially just energy solutions.

NEIS is not just against nuclear power. We are in favor of energy conservation, energy efficiency, cogeneration and renewable energy resources.

Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS)

NIRS has served as the information and networking hub for people and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation, and sustainable energy issues since 1978.

NIRS is a national non-profit organization devoted to a nuclear-free, carbon-free world and works internationally to create a sustainable energy future without nuclear power, and are affiliated with the World Information Service on Energy (WISE) International.

Nuclear Watch South (No Nukes Y’all)

Nuclear Watch South is a mostly volunteer, grassroots environmental group is still on the job working to shape nuclear policies and raise public awareness of nuclear weapons, nuclear reactors, and nuclear waste.

Nuclear Watch South believes in educating and activating the grassroots to create a nuclear-free future.

Nuclear Watch South is engaged in many significant campaigns, including the BEYOND TRIDENT campaign, stopping plutonium pit production at Savannah River Site and opposing new nuclear reactors at Southern Company's Vogtle site. Many tangible victories have been attained through the years resulting from the tough, savvy brand of direct action which is the Nuclear Watch South hallmark. Through public education, public testimony, citizen lobbying, legal intervention, street protest and civil disobedience Nuclear Watch South continues to spread the life-affirming message "NO NUKES Y'ALL!"

Nukewatch

Nukewatch began in 1979 in response to the cold war build up of nuclear weapons and the secrecy surrounding the nuclear industry. Since then, Nukewatch has a long history of successful grassroots organizing across the nation and continues to monitor the transportation of radioactive waste around the country and around the world on an on-going basis.

Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)

Guided by the values and expertise of medicine and public health, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) works to protect human life from the gravest threats to health and survival. PSR mobilizes physicians and health professionals to advocate for climate solutions and a nuclear weapons-free world. PSR’s health advocates contribute a health voice to energy, environmental health and nuclear weapons policy at the local, federal and international level.

PSR-LA

PSR-LA advocates for policies and practices that improve public health, eliminate nuclear and environmental threats, and address health disparities.

Values:

At PSR-LA they recognize that the physical and social environment often determines health status – they are committed to addressing that reality. Their work is grounded in science, and the lived experiences of health professionals and their patients. They are guided by the precautionary ideal to forsee and forestall damage to human health and the environment. Within their work they focus on health, the environment, social justice, and public policy.