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DESCRIPTION:9/11 SF Rally/Speakout Against Japan Restarting Nuclear Plants and Growing 
 Dangers Of Contamination and More Accidents\nMonday September 11, 2015 
 3:00PM \nJapanese Consulate\n275 Battery St./California\nSan Francisco, 
 CA\n\nStop All Restarts Of Japan Nuclear Plants, Defend Fukushima Residents 
 And All The People Of Japan\n\nThe Japanse Abe government continues to 
 restart Japanese nuclear plants. The Sindai plant in Kyushu has reopened 
 despite the opposition by the community and the majority of the people of 
 Japan. The recent typhoon and floods has again raised serious health and 
 safety problems with the release of more radioactive water being released 
 into the Pacific ocean affecting not only the people of Japan but the 
 people in the Pacific Rim.\nAt the same time the government continues to 
 move toward militarization and organizing to sanitize the history of the 
 2nd World War arguing that the comfort women from China, Korea, the 
 Philippines and other countries were not coerced by the military.\nThis 
 effort to censor the history of the 2nd World War in order to justify the 
 re-militarization of Japan is directly connected to the effort to violate 
 the Article 9 which prohibits offensive war, the passage of the secrecy law 
 and the effort to set up the draft of Japanese students in the military. 
 Additionally against the opposition of the majority of the people of 
 Okinawa the Abe government continues to push to build a new US military 
 base that would further threaten the environment and the health and safety 
 of the people of this small island.\nThis is a threat to the people of 
 Japan and the people of Asia and the world.\nSpeakers will speak out on 
 these and other issues at the monthly rally that has been organized by 
 the\nFor more information or to endorse\nNo Nukes Action 
 Committee\nhttp://nonukesaction.wordpress.com/\n(510) 495-5952\n\nJapan 
 Sendai nuclear plant operator set to plug leaks in 5 cooling system 
 pipes\nhttp://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201508250046\nAugust 
 25, 2015\n\nTHE ASAHI SHIMBUN\nSATSUMA-SENDAI, Kagoshima Prefecture--The 
 operator of the recently reactivated Sendai nuclear power plant here said 
 it had pinpointed the sites of leaks that forced a postponement of full 
 reactor operations.\n\nKyushu Electric Power Co. said it detected tiny 
 cracks in five narrow pipes that carry seawater used to cool steam. The 
 pipes are part of the steam condenser at the No. 1 reactor, which resumed 
 operation on Aug. 11.\n\nOutput will be maintained at 75 percent of 
 capacity, while the utility carries out checks for further holes.\n\nKyushu 
 Electric was expected to release a final report on the glitch on Aug. 25. 
 At the same time, it said fully restored reactor operations will be 
 postponed from the scheduled date of Aug. 25.\n\nThe regional utility 
 detected a tiny amount of seawater leaked into one of three condensers in 
 the secondary cooling system of the reactor, which has an output of 890 
 megawatts, on Aug. 20.\n\nThe seawater was flowing in the condenser, a 
 device that converts steam used in power generation to water by cooling it, 
 and became mixed with the secondary cooling water that does not contain 
 radioactive materials.\n\nKyushu Electric suspended operations of one of 
 the two water circulation channels through the condenser at issue and 
 inspected narrow pipes forming the system by passing an electric current 
 through it.\n\nTechnicians found miniscule holes in five of 13,000 pipes 
 they had inspected as of 10 a.m. on Aug. 24. After inspecting all the 
 pipes, the workers will repair the faulty bits.\n\nKyushu Electric said the 
 seawater was removed with a desalination device and operations at the No. 1 
 reactor were not hindered.\n\nThe reactor was restarted earlier this month 
 for the first time since it was shut down for a periodic inspection in May 
 2011. Opponents of the plant have voiced safety concerns.\n\nTHE ASAHI 
 SHIMBUN\n\nJapan resumes nuclear reactor operation for 1st time in 2 
 years\nhttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150811p2a00m0na017000c.html\n<20150811p2g00m0dm058000p_size8.jpg>\nThe 
 reactivated No. 1 reactor, right, is pictured at the Sendai Nuclear Power 
 Plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Aug. 11, 2015, in this 
 photograph taken from a Mainichi helicopter. (Mainichi)\nKyushu Electric 
 Power Co. on Aug. 11 restarted the No. 1 reactor at its Sendai Nuclear 
 Power Plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, making it the first 
 reactor to be reactivated under new safety regulations established in the 
 wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.\n\nIt was the first time in about 
 two years for a nuclear reactor to operate in Japan, after the No. 3 and 
 No. 4 reactors at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture were shut 
 down in September 2013. The Kagoshima plant's 890 megawatt No. 1 reactor 
 had been inactive for around four years, three months.\n\nAt 10:30 a.m. on 
 Aug. 11, a lever in the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant's central control room 
 was operated to remove rods controlling nuclear fission from the reactor. 
 The reactor is expected to reach criticality at about 11 p.m. the same 
 day.\n\nAfter the reactor reaches criticality, Kyushu Electric Power Co. 
 will check that it can be safely shut down, and if there are no problems, 
 power generation and transmission will begin on Aug. 14. The power company 
 will bring the reactor to full operating capacity in stages while checking 
 the temperature and pressure inside the reactor.\n\nIf Japan's Nuclear 
 Regulation Authority (NRA) finds no problems with the reactor during an 
 inspection, commercial operation will resume in early 
 September.\n\nOperation of the No. 1 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power 
 Plant was suspended in May 2011 for a regular inspection. Since the reactor 
 has been offline for a long time, possible trouble caused by deterioration 
 of pipes and other equipment has been feared. It is rare globally for a 
 reactor to be restarted after being offline for more than four 
 years.\n\nNRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka has commented that various problems 
 are envisaged, and the nuclear watchdog is therefore seeking solid safety 
 precautions. The power company has said it will quickly release information 
 if there is any trouble or if equipment malfunctions.\n\nKyushu Electric 
 Power Co. has also had the nuclear plant's No. 2 reactor undergo 
 preoperational checks, and if there are no problems, the reactor is 
 expected to be restarted in mid-October.\n\nJapan has a total of 54 nuclear 
 reactors. In the wake of the meltdowns at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power 
 Plant triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, reactors 
 were gradually shut down, and in May 2012 no reactors were in operation. In 
 July that year, the government restarted the No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi 
 Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture as a special measure, but they were 
 shut down in September 2013 for regular inspections, again leaving Japan 
 with no reactors in operation.\n\nApplications have been filed with the NRA 
 to screen 25 reactors at 15 nuclear power plants in Japan. In addition to 
 the No. 1 and 2 reactors at the Sendai plant, other reactors to have 
 received safety approval from the regulator are the No. 3 and 4 reactors at 
 Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture, and the No. 
 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture. 
 All of these reactors are pressurized water reactors, different from those 
 at the Fukushima plant.\n\nThe Fukui District Court has issued a temporary 
 injunction halting activation of reactors at the Takahama plant, and there 
 are no immediate prospects of the plant's reactors being restarted.\n\nIt 
 is unclear whether local consent can be obtained for restarting the Ikata 
 plant reactor, and it is unlikely that it will be reactivated this 
 year.\n\nClick here for Japanese article\nAugust 11, 2015 (Mainichi 
 Japan)\n\nJapan JR East begins decontaminating tracks in areas affected by 
 nuclear crisis despite dangerous levels of 
 radiation\nhttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150821p2a00m0na002000c.html\n\n<20150821p2a00m0na001000p_size5.jpg>\nWorkers 
 remove weeds along the JR Joban Line tracks in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, 
 on Aug. 20, 2015, in preparation for work to decontaminate the tracks on a 
 trial basis. (Photo courtesy of JR East Mito branch)\nEast Japan Railway 
 Co. (JR East) began on Aug. 20 to decontaminate tracks on the Joban Line, 
 which have been affected by the Fukushima nuclear crisis, on a trial basis, 
 company officials said.\n\nThe work, which is part of JR East's efforts to 
 resume services between Tomioka and Namie stations, got under way in a 
 section between Yonomori and Futaba stations where radiation levels are 
 particularly high.\n\nAfter analyzing data showing how radiation levels 
 have declined following the decontamination, JR East is expected to 
 consider when to resume services between Tomioka and Namie stations.\n\nThe 
 company will remove rails and sleepers in a 50-meter section at six 
 separate spots, where radiation levels are 2.8 to 28 microsieverts per 
 hour, and remove surface soil. All these six spots are situated in a zone 
 where it is difficult for evacuated residents to return in the foreseeable 
 future, with annual cumulative radiation levels exceeding 50 millisieverts, 
 in the town of Okuma. All decommission workers are required to put on 
 protective gear.\n\nOn Aug. 20, workers removed weeds around the tracks and 
 created roads through which necessary equipment will be brought into these 
 areas.\n\nServices on the Joban Line have been suspended in some sections 
 in Fukushima Prefecture since the outbreak of the nuclear crisis triggered 
 by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami.\n\nJR 
 East aims to resume services on the Odaka-Haranomachi section by the spring 
 of 2016, the Namie-Odaka section by March 2017, the Tatsuta-Tomioka section 
 by March 2018 and the Soma-Hamayoshida section by the spring of 
 2017.\n\nAugust 21, 2015 (Mainichi Japan)\n\nNo. 1 reactor at its Sendai 
 Nuclear Power Plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture\n\n3,000 Japan 
 High schoolers protest security bills in Harajuku 
 area\nhttp://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150803p2a00m0na006000c.html\n\n<20150803p2a00m0na005000p_size7.jpg>\nHigh 
 school students parade down streets in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in protest 
 against the security-related bills on Aug. 2, 2015. (Mainichi)\nClick to 
 enlarge\nThousands of high school students took to the streets in Tokyo's 
 Harajuku and other areas in protest against the government-sponsored 
 security-related bills on Aug. 2, chanting such slogans as "No war" and 
 "Protect Japan from (Prime Minister) Shinzo Abe," say organizers.\n\nClad 
 in their school uniforms on a scorching Sunday, participants paraded down 
 streets in the capital's Shibuya Ward to the tune of music to decry the 
 security legislation now under deliberation in the House of Councillors, 
 raising placards bearing such messages as "War is over" and "Change the 
 prime minister." Organizers put the number of participants at some 
 3,000.\n\nA 16-year-old participant from Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, learned 
 about the demonstration via Twitter as a follower of the organizers' group. 
 "I'm proud that Article 9 of the Constitution renounces war," she 
 said.\n\nAnother 16-year-old high school student from Tokyo's Koto Ward 
 commented, "I want to demonstrate that high school students can also play 
 an important role in thwarting moves toward constitutional 
 amendment."\n\nClick here for Japanese article\nAugust 03, 2015 (Mainichi 
 Japan)\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/09/10/18777421.php
SUMMARY:9/11 SF Rally/Speakout Against Japan Restarting Nuclear Plants and Growing Dangers Of Cont
LOCATION:Japanese Consulate\n275 Battery St/California St.\nSan Francisco
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