Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is already a problem

160 kilometers away from the city center of Mersin, olive, pomegranate, lemon orchards, around the creek can be walked by drawing a U shape at beautiful and small Büyükeceli village where the proposed Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant is just at 2 kilometer distance.Since 1976 when the site licence for Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) was granted two thirds of the population has migrated to other districts and cities untill today. However, following the beginning of the construction of the first reactor building of the Akkuyu Npp, the village’s population has increased five fold in the last four months, apparently due to subcontracted companies  bringing in their workers.

Büyükeceli downside camping area

The employees are sheltered in the  housing complex under construction with 5-8 people, Russian personnel stay in the houses rented in Erdemli and Silifke which are almost at 1 hour distance from the plant. Transportation of Russian personnel is provided by 60 service vehicles during the day. We watch the newcomers getting off from the buses that stop almost every five minutes while we are drinking our tea and trying to hear each other under the noise of service vehicles, delivery trucks in the entrance of Buyukeceli village.

After the fire which resulted in the burning of 250 hectares forest land  in 2015, the population was set to 1141 in the village. Despite low population the men of the village are still unemloyed and playing cards at the tea house all the day. Infact only 100 of the villagers are employed at the nuclear power plant site . Such situation is a dissappointment for those who dreamed about being employed at the Nuclear Power Plant. On the other hand villagers meet with the new culture brought by employees from other cities . The change in the structure of the population is also changing the daily life in the village. Due to the increasing population of workers of Akkuyu NPP construction and infrastructure related problems, social problems and environmental pollution has made life in the village difficult.  As a result of this the villagers are concerned about the future of their village.

Delivery trucks are just across where we are

There is no sewer infrastructure, drain flows directly into the waterstream then, to the Mediterranean Sea!

The pollution is important in the village is important since such situations may cause illnesses . The villagers are upset by the smell of sewage from the creek passing through the village. Workers in the construction of the power plant are housed in camps in two separate areas. One below the river and the other is above the river. We understand that this river stream is used as a sewage infrastructure and that the septic tank of both camps are left to flow into the Mediterranean Sea . Apparently Akkuyu NPP pollutes the Mediterranean Sea even before it is established!

The polluted Caglayik stream

Besides the tap water, the local people stopped using stream water with which they used to irrigate their garden. They are frustrated by the smell of sewage and are worried that pollution will cause diseases. When the villagers carried the problem to Gulnar Municipality, they received the answer that the waste was clean and would not pose any problem for human health. Another issue that especially upsets the women of the village is the explosion of millions of tons of dust from the dynamites exploded in the Akkuyu NPP area. They complain  saying” We can not hang our laundry to dry outside the house anymore”

To work at the “Atom Power Plant of Erdogan”

Pollution is not the only problem in the village. For almost 4000 people who are working at the construction site and stay at the downside and upperside camps, the village offers the road to reach the upper camp and the only socialization opportunity for all workers at the site. Since the first reactor and the other reactors are planned to be taken into commission in 2023,  the construction process is carried out in two shifts and hundreds of people pass through Buyukeceli during ahift changes and turns. In addition to the noise made by workers due to drinking alcohol in the evening, the villagers tell that they were also disturbed by their inappropriate behaviors. When they want them to account for their actions , workers reply back them as if  they feel emotionally empowered by working at Erdoğan’s Atomic Power Plant.

Harassment of women in the village…

This “field of power”also fullfills the desires of the workers and make the most negative impact on the women of the village. Women of the village say that this situation is the trigger of many cases such as harassment against women in the village where mostly elderly people remained due to the increasing migrations due to Akkuyu NPP  over the years. Villagers explain that due to working at the “Atomic power plant”workers see themselves as superior and  look down on the villagers as if their lives  are just small details. According to what women tell me, watching the women while they are cleaning the front of their houses; drinking alcohol on the roof of the villagers house, or even lying behind the woman lying on the roof of her own house, are some of the cases that villagers are complaining. For example, born and raised in Buyukeceli Village Ahmet, 88 said he didn’t want to send his wife to the grocery store. His wife nodded and said that they could not even walk with their friends in the village like they used to, they say they’re shut in the house since they do not want to be harassed by workers.

Ahmet has a beautiful village house and a garden where he grows his livelihood with pomegranate, lemon and apple trees. Ahmet, who suffers from the plundering of his garden by saying this is “right to the eye” .Because he can not protect his garden if he can sell his house he wants to settle in Bodrum in Aegean Region where his four daughters had moved. When I asked him whether he had a message from Büyükeceli to our readers his last words to me were “We know that we are in trouble and there is nobody to save us my child”.

Cases of theft 

Another problem in the village is theft. Serdar Sarı, who has been serving as the mukhtar of Büyükeceli for 6 years, explains that they do not feel safe due to the thefts that occur in addition to harassment. He said that he hadn’t even needed to lock his doors before, but they had been without peace for the last four months and had to live cautiously after two cell phones were stolen. Workers who are free to enter almost everywhere in the village also disturbed the imam of the Mosque since they stay and lay down in the mosque. The only places that are not disturbed by the sudden and problematic increase of the worker population in the village are the shops of the village due to the good sale of drinks and cigarettes .

4000 pairs “right of the eye”! (Right of the eye is used to express the inevitable desire to eat one little fruit when seen in one's garden

The Ruinworld, instead of Roinworld !

Undoubtedly, these experiences are not related to workers’ being good in behaviour or character but related to the fact that the infrastructure services in the camps where the workers stay are not able to provide decent living conditions for them, moreover this company is not able to meet their psychological and social needs. Checking the web site of Roinworld Company I noticed that it was assigned to establish the camp and order their life but it seems that they are unaware that the people in the camp are human beings. The name of the camp should better be changed to Ruinworld! According to the information written on the website, this housing facility’s orgin is Spanish and was founded in 2007 and have been supporting the projects in the countries Spain, Russia, Bangladesh and Turkey. It is clear that all its projects are on sites that belong to Rosatom. Moreover, when the employment option is clicked on the website, the page automatically switches from English to Russian. The website gives an error message when trying to get more information by pressing the English button and there is almost no information in Turkish.

It is clear that the company, which acts as if it is Spanish by making use of the globalized world causes social and psychological problems on workers. Infact this irresponsible facility is again a Rosatom establishment. Apparently the company does not provide a decent life for the workers of Akkuyu NPP construction and the only way to relax is with alcohol just like workers do enjoy and relax with vodka in Russia. However, we would like to remind Rosatom and the government who let Rosatom act freely that unlike Russia’s tundra, in Turkey maquis vegetation is dominant which means average temperature is at least 25-30 degrees in the summer and 20 degrees in the winter. If Rosatom continues to disregard the local climatic and cultural characteristics of Akkuyu, world’s first alcohol-induced shock reactor accident will happen in Turkey.

Almost 1 million trees were cut in Sinop Abalı for Npp construction 

Lessons for Villagers of Sinop Abalı Villagers

Such cases having happened in Buyukeceli Village due to Akkuyu NPP construction shows how workers of nuclear power plants that require the top level safety infrastructure are treated under military conditions. Since there are news that Rosatom is also interested in Sinop Nuclear Power Plant project after Japan’s abandonment of the project, it can be hoped that these events will be an example for any villagers of Abali who may be dreaming of working at the nuclear power plant . The villagers should be able to see that their work and overseas promises will not be kept and they should protect their villages, land, air and water. To realize this,  they should show solidarity with antinuclear groups in Sinop as well as in all over the country who are trying to avoid nuclear disaster.

Büyükeceli’s immortal tree known as “olive”

Certainly, I did not tell what happened in Buyukeceli just to set an example for Sinop and other potential projects. In Turkey, the antinuclear movement in Mersin and in all over Turkey which has been fighting against Akkuyu NPP Project must find a way to stop progress of work at Akkuyu site in the national and international level in order to avoid the possibility of irreversible dark future. This is also because it has emerged that the crack in Akkuyu, which we heard about months ago is apparently much deeper than we thought and it causes danger even before the plant is established.

(Yeşil Gazete)

Pinar Demircan 

(Green Gazette published on 16.10.2019)                         

10 countries gathered for ‘Nuclear Free Asia’

The Nuclear Free Asia Forum, hosted by Taiwan Environmental Protection Organization, was held in Taipei. Turkey also took place in the Forum where it was emphasized that there was a need for a united power between antinuclear groups in Asian countries.

The Nuclear-Free Asia Forum (NNAF), a meeting of scientists, academics and activists from various countries in Asia for 30 years against nuclear energy and nuclear arms, was held this year on September 20-23, 2019 inTaipei, the capital city of Taiwan. Taiwan is a country with four nuclear power plant facilities that each have two reactors. The fourth plant has not yet taken into commission and the government is planning to phase out from nuclear just like Germany, Belgium, Spain and Sweden are planning to exit nuclear power by 2025.

NNAF 2019 delegates are in front of Presidental Hall, Taipei 

The starting date of the event was September 20 since it was The anniversary of a major earthquake of 7.7 magnitude in Taiwan that killed 2400 people and injured 11,000 in 1999. A similar  magnitude earthquake same year  caused loss of 30 thousand people due to Marmara and Duzce earthquakes  in Turkey. The importance of learning from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and the reality of the earthquake was emphasized at the event whch was hosted by Taiwan Environment Protection Union by using the motto fo “Lets unite our power for a nuclear free Asia”Following the presentations, a visit to the President’s office was held with the delegates.

Delegates of Nuclear free Asia is together  with Vice President Chen Chien Jen 

Australian International Campaign to Stop Nuclear Armament (ICAN) which was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2017 was represented by Dawe Sweeney with other delegated from 10 different Asian countries.Pinar Demircan of Yesil Gazete from Turkey took place in NNAF 2019 with other delegates from Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea Mongolia, the Philippines, Vietnam and the United States .Demircan who is also the coordinator of nukleersiz. org and was invited to the previous forums hosted by Japan and the Philippines shared her impression and said :Having this year’s forum held in Taiwan which has many fault lines it was very meaningful to take the attention to the relation of nuclear disaster and earthquake at a time when our memories belong to Marmara Earthquake was refreshed in Turkey. In fact since Fukushima Nuclear Disaster civil society have been planing to decommissioning of the nuclear power plants which was established in the 1970s during martial law.To realize such plan a referandum will be held in 2020 so that my wish for Taiwan is not to have people’s will be manipulated in the referandum.

Demircan underlined that civil society must face a similar scale of power in the face of global capitalism, which is fed by state and company partnerships, endangering the importance of the Nuclear-Free Asia Forum, the today and tomorrow of the planet. By adding that NNAF has an important mission to strengthen the dialogue of nuclearlessness between culturally comparable societies on the same continent she believes NNAF is a very good opportunity to establish an international dialogue between the countries with similar cultures . She said : “Turkey’s important for both the Asian movement and even a nuclear-free world with the ideal of regional cooperation. Due to its being in the European continent as well as in Asia Turkey can be in a unifying position for the world”.

Our writer Pınar Demircan and organizer of Forum  Yoko Unoda.

During the event, the participants met with the book of NNAF under the name: The People of Asia, Say No To Nuclear. Demircan who supported content of Turkey section underlined that Asia countries have not only similar cultures abut also historical backgrounds. According to this, she also stated that nuclear power plants were established in Taiwan and Republic of the Philippines during martial law periods so,  such facts indicate that the anti-nuclear energy struggle walks along with the struggle for democracy.

After two days of country presentations and exchanges within the framework of the Nuclear-Free Asia Forum, delegates paid a visit to President Tsai Ing-Wen’s office as part of the program.Vice President Chen Chien Jen, who is Taiwan’s first female President welcomed delegates in Ing-wen’s office and stated that the government’s decision to phasing out nuclear power plants until 2025 and Taiwan’s investments in renewable energy sources has created an appropriate political environment to support Nuclear-Free Asian Forum 2019 and added  that nuclear energy must be abandoned for a secure future.

Dave Sweeney who is a representative of the International Campaign for the Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)which received Nobel Prize in 2017, celebrated Taiwan’s decision to phase out from nuclear power and said that it would be great to see Taiwan to start a phasing out from nuclear power in Asia, just like Germany does in Europe. The Vice president agreed by saying that we come from different countries with different languages ​​and cultures, but we had to have a single world.

The delegates then visited the three nuclear power plants in the capital. The group went to the three nuclear power plant facilities in the north of the country respectively and listened to the experts about the losses of fish species and the loss of fish species as a result of the cooling water intake.

Delegates of the Nuclear-Free Asian Forum adopted the following declaration after the two-day Forum.

Ⅰ. From our long experience and from our discussions in this forum, we have come to the following realizations of the current situation:

Ⅰ. From our long experience and from our discussions in this forum, we have come to the following realizations of the current situation:

• Nuclear power is not a wise choice for humanity. It destroys the land and health of this and innumerable future generations. The urgent transition to renewable energy sources is the only credible response to the climate emergency. This transition must be done without causing any harm to Indigenous communities.
  
• Nuclear power is not a clean, safe, affordable or renewable energy source. It cannot be accepted as a response to climate change simply because it has lower carbon emissions than fossil fuels. It must be considered within the life span of nuclear chain. Beginning form uranium mining to nuclear waste processing and storage, including nuclear power plant construction and fuel processing carbon emission steps should be calculated as a whole. Furthermore, it releases radioisotopes and waste heat and generates radioactive wastes.
  
• Nuclear power cannot be an energy solution while it is insoluble with its nuclear waste issue and climate crisis makes it more risky because of uncertain access to cooling water. We can not accept to use our planet’s precious water to cool nuclear power plants while the world itself will be experiencing droughts and disasters.
  
• Nuclear power, nuclear weapons, and chemical weapons are closely entwined; they are a massive threat to the environment and to world peace.
  
• Indigenous and minority peoples, especially those who live in remote areas and who often have little political power or voice - have long been the victims of radiation contamination from mining, nuclear weapons testing, nuclear power plant operation, and nuclear waste disposal – as seen in Australia, Taiwan, China, India, U.S.A., and the South Pacific. The myth of “economic development” cannot morally justify destruction and death for a minority. Expropriation and contamination of their land must be recognized as both cultural and physical genocide, and rectified not just with monetary compensation, but with restoration of their land rights, improving radiation monitoring, access to health services and comprehensive rehabilitation of the land.
  
• Many nuclear reactors are now approaching the end of their operational life. This poses serious challenges, including decommissioning, land cleanup, radiation testing, and management of nuclear waste (including so-called temporary storage), must all be subject to rigorous and ongoing independent monitoring.
  
• Nuclear energy is shrinking in developed countries, while in China, India and other developing countries new plants are being planned and constructed, often under authoritarian governments that readily cover up technical shortcomings. Despite the experience of Fukushima, some countries are planning to restart inactive reactors and revive designs for plants that were shelved. The continued operation of older reactors brings them into a stage of higher risk.
  
• We need energy democracy. This can be built by improving the transparency of media, government and industry; promoting communication in society; allowing sufficient time and place for education and debate on policy. In citizens’ electoral or voting processes, there must be complete disclosure of information, including conflict of interest.
  

Ⅱ. To meet this situation, we must learn from each other and cooperate with each other, closely share information, and continue joint actions to support the anti-nuclear movements of all countries. The further task is to stimulate citizens and local communities to develop and utilize green renewable energy, with the ultimate goal of a future that is a nuclear-free Asia and nuclear-free earth. Specific actions to be taken at this time are as follows:

• Urge all Asian countries to support, sign and ratify the International Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
  
• Contest the nuclear industry and countries exporting their nuclear plants and technology in order to make a profit from harming the planet and its people.
  
• Urge IAEA to take responsibility to guide and to convince the countries especially which are very well known with their fault lines, such as India, Taiwan and Turkey, to stop their nuclear projects by learning from lessons such as of earthquake and consequences of Fukushima nuclear disaster .
  
• Urge all parties and governments to acknowledge, support and compensate the victims of radiation contamination from uranium mining, radioactive waste dumping and nuclear testing, including those in Australia, India, South Pacific, China, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Japan.
  
• Urge the people of Taiwan to participate in signing the petition for a referendum on “Abolish Nuclear, Get Renewable”. The uncompleted Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 must be fully dismantled while it is still not radioactive. The site should be transformed to renewable energy generation and/or local needs. For the nuclear power plants that must be decommissioned in the near future, nuclear waste must be dealt with responsibly. Burning of low-level nuclear waste should be stopped, and the nuclear waste dump should be removed from Orchid Island.
  
• We reject the new ICRP draft on radiological protection. Its revision of reference levels for exposure doses suggests that staying in place after an accident poses a lower radiological risk than evacuating.
  
• We condemn the verdict of the Tokyo District Court, which found three former TEPCO executives not guilty in the criminal lawsuit concerning the Fukushima nuclear accident. We declare our support for the victims of the Fukushima NPP accident.
  
• We acknowledge that 2020 will be a significant year in Japanese nuclear-free politics with the hosting of the summer Olympics and the 75th anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The true ideals of the Olympic spirit must not be subverted for partisan or propaganda use to distract from the continuing and unresolved human and environmental impacts of the Fukushima crisis.
  

Published on 10.10.2019 at Yesil Gazette

Pinar Demircan

10 ülke ‘Nükleersiz Asya’ için bir araya geldi

Tayvan Çevre Koruma Örgütü’nün ev sahipliğindeki Nükleersiz Asya Forumu, Taipei’de gerçekleştirildi. Türkiye’nin de katıldığı Forumda, nükleersiz bir Asya için ülkelerin gücünün birleştirilmesi gereğine vurgu yapıldı.

30 yıldır Asya’nın çeşitli ülkelerinden nükleer enerji ve nükleer silahlanmaya karşı olan bilim insanı, akademisyen ve aktivistlerin buluştuğu Nükleersiz Asya Forumu (NNAF) bu sene Tayvan‘ın başkenti Taipei‘de 20-23 Eylül 2019 tarihlerinde gerçekleştirildi. Tayvan, her birinde ikişer reaktör olan dört nükleer santral tesisi bulunan, fakat dördüncü tesisin henüz devreye alınmadığı gibi Almanya , Belçika , İspanya, İsveç gibi nükleer enerjiden 2025’e kadar çıkmayı planlayan bir ülke.

Etkinliğin başlangıç  tarihi olarak seçilen 20 Eylül ise Türkiye’de de Marmara ve Düzce depremlerinin meydana geldiği 1999 yılında; Tayvan’da da 2400 kişinin yaşamını yitirmesine ve 11 bin kişinin yaralanmasına neden olan 7,7 şiddetindeki büyük depremin yıl dönümü. Etkinliğe ev sahipliği yapan Tayvan Çevre Koruma Örgütü‘nün “Nükleersiz bir Asya için gücümüzü birleştirelim” sloganıyla gerçekleştirdiği etkinlikte, nükleer santrallerin risklerine karşı Fukuşima Nükleer Felaketi’nden ders alınması gereği ve deprem gerçeğine dikkat çekildi. Sunumların ardından, delegelerle birlikte Cumhurbaşkanı’nın makamına bir ziyaret de yapıldı.  

2017’de Nobel Ödülü alan Nükleer Silahlanmanın Durdurulması için Uluslararası Kampanya‘nın (ICAN) Avustralya temsilcisi Dave Sweeney‘in de katılımcısı olduğu etkinlikte 10 Asya ülkesinden delegeler sunumlar yaptı. Avustralya, Çin, Hindistan, Japonya, G.Kore Moğolistan, Filipinler, Vietnam ve ABD‘den delegelerin katıldığı NNAF 2019’e Türkiye‘den Yeşil Gazete yazarı Pınar Demircan katıldı. Aynı zamanda Nükleersiz. org koordinatörü olan ve daha önce Japonya ve Filipinler‘in ev sahipliğinde gerçekleştirilen forumlara davet edilen Demircan bu sene Tayvan’da yapılan Forum’a ilişkin şunları söyledi :

“Türkiye’de tam da deprem gerçeğinin hatırlandığı bir dönemde bu Forum’un Tayvan gibi yoğun fay hatlarının bulunduğu  bir coğrafyada yapılmış olması Fukuşima Nükleer Felaketi’nden bugüne bir kez daha nükleer santral-deprem ilişkisine dikkat çekmeyi olanaklı kılması bakımından ayrıca anlamlı oldu. Zira sivil toplum özellikle Fukuşima sonrası endişelerin yükselmesiyle ülkede 1970’lerdeki sıkıyönetim zamanında inşa edilmiş olan nükleer santrallerin devreden çıkarılmasını planlıyor. Yine en son inşa edilen santralin çalıştırılmasından bir sonraki  hükümetin döneminde yapılacak referandum oylamasıyla vazgeçilmesi hedefleniyor. Tayvan için dileğim  halkın iradesinin referandumda manipülasyona uğratılmaması”.

Yazarımız Pınar Demircan ve Forum organizatörlerinden Yoko Unoda.

Nükleersiz Asya Forumu‘nun önemini gezegenin bugününü ve yarınını tehlikeye atan, devlet ve şirket ortaklığıyla beslenen küresel kapitalizmin karşısına sivil toplumun benzer ölçekte bir gücü çıkarmak zorunda olduğunu düşündüğünü söyleyen Demircan dünya genelinde bölgesel işbirlikleriyle daha hedef odaklı hareket edilebileceğinin altını çizdi. Demircan, bu açıdan NNAF’in aynı kıta üzerinde kültürel olarak da görece birbirine yakın toplumlar arasında nükleersizlik diyaloğunun güçlendirilmesi için önemli bir misyon taşıdığını ifade ederek “Türkiye’nin hem Asya hem de Avrupa kıtalarında yer alması nedeniyle bölgesel işbirlikleriyle nükleersiz dünya ideali açısından önemli hatta Asya ve Avrupa’yı birleştirici bir pozisyonda olduğumuza inanıyorum”dedi.

Etkinlik süresince katılımcılar NNAF ürünü olan  The People of Asia say No To Nuclear, Türkçesi Asya’nın İnsanları Nükleer Güç İstemiyor adlı kitapla buluştu. Kitaptaki Türkiye kısmının içerik editörü Demircan Asya ülkelerinin benzer bir kültüre sahip olmasının onları tarihsel olarak da yakınlaştırdığını söyledi. Özellikle sıkıyönetim dönemlerinin Tayvan’da da Filipin Cumhuriyeti‘nde olduğu gibi  nükleer santrallerin kurulduğu dönem olduğunu, nükleer karşıtı enerji mücadelesinin demokrasi mücadelesiyle birlikte yürüdüğünü belirtti.

Nükleersiz Asya Forumu kapsamında gerçekleştirilen ülke sunumları ve görüş alışverişi yapılan iki günün ardından delegeler  program kapsamında Cumhurbaşkanı Tsai Ing-wen‘in makamına bir ziyarette bulundu. Tayvan’ın ilk kadın Cumhurbaşkanı olan ve Ocak ayında göreve gelen Ing-wen’in makamında delegeleri karşılayan Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı Chen Chien Jen 2025 yılına kadar nükleer santrallerden çıkış yapma kararı alan hükümetin yaklaşımını “ülkemizde yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarına yaptığımız yatırımlar ve nükleer santrallerden çıkma eğilimimiz bu sene Nükleersiz Asya Forumu’na uygun bir ortam oluşturmuştur” sözleriyle ifade etti, güvenli bir gelecek için nükleer enerjiden vazgeçilmesi gerektiğini söyledi. 

Nükleersiz Asya Forumu delegeleri ve Cumhurbaşkanı Yardımcısı Chen Chien Jen birlikte

2017 yılında Nobel Ödülü’nü alan Nükleer Silahların Tamamen Ortadan Kaldırılması İçin Uluslararası Kampanya (ICAN) temsilcilerinden Dave Sweeney görüşmede, Tayvan’ın nükleerden çıkış kararını kutlayarak Avrupa’da Almanya’nın nükleerden çıkışa liderlik ettiği gibi Tayvan’ın da Asya ‘ya model ve lider olması yönündeki temennilerini iletti. Cumhurbaşkanı yardımcısı “farklı dillerimiz ve kültürlerimizle farklı ülkelerden geliyoruz fakat tek bir dünyamız var ona saygı duymalıyız” diyerek delegelere geldikleri için teşekkür etti.

Delegeler daha sonra başkentteki üç nükleer santrale saha ziyaretinde bulundu. Sırasıyla ülkenin kuzeyindeki üç nükleer santral tesisine giden kafile bu ziyaretlerde özellikle soğutma suyunun alınıp verilmesi neticesinde balık türlerinin azaldığını, denizdeki canlı yaşamının gördüğü zararları uzmanlardan dinledi. 

Nükleersiz Asya Forumu delegeleri iki gün süren Forum’un ardından aşağıdaki sonuç bildirgesini kabul etti . Buna göre: 

• Nükleer enerji, tüm canlılar üzerinde kalıcı tahribat oluşturan niteliği ile yanlış bir tercihidir. İklim krizine de cevap olabilecek yegane enerji kaynağı olarak yenilenebilir enerjilere geçiş zaruridir. Ancak bu geçiş yerli halkların yaşamına zarar verilmeden gerçekleştirilmelidir.
• Nükleer enerji temiz, güvenli ve ekonomik değildir. Nükleer enerjinin yenilenebilir enerji olduğu iddia edilemez ve fosil yakıtlara göre karbonsuz enerji yeşil enerji şeklinde tanıtılamaz. Nükleer enerji, elektriğin elde edilmesi için ham madde olan uranyumun yerin altından çıkarılmasından işlenmesi, yakıt sevkiyatı, santral inşaatı ve geçici atık depolarının hazırlanmasına kadar tüm bir nükleer zincir içerisindeki karbon adımlarıyla değerlendirilmelidir. İşletme sürecinde karbon salmasa dahi zararlı olan radyoizotopları salar, dışsallıklarıyla deniz suyunu ve atmosferi ısıtır, çözümsüz radyoaktif atık sorununu ortaya çıkarır.
• Nükleer enerjinin bir çözüm olarak önerilmesinin kabul edilmemesine bir neden de on yıllardır nükleer atık sürecine dair çözüm dahi üretilememiş olmasıdır. Kaldı ki nükleer santraller kullanılmaya devam edilirse iklim krizi şartlarında kuraklık ya da afetlerle boğuşan dünyada endüstri için yoğun su kullanılması kabul edilemez.
• Nükleer enerji, nükleer silahlar ve kimyasal silahlar birbiriyle çok yakın ilişkide olarak ekosistem ve dünya barışı için çok büyük bir tehdittir.
• Yerli halklar ve azınlık halkları, özellikle merkezden uzakta, siyasi gücü veya sesi çok az olanlar – madencilik, nükleer silah testleri, nükleer santral işletmesi ve nükleer atık yakma gibi imha yöntemlerinden kaynaklanan – radyasyon kirliliğinin mağduru olmuşlardır. Avustralya, Tayvan, Çin, Hindistan, ABD ve Güney Pasifik’te bir çok örneği vardır.
• “Ekonomik kalkınma” efsanesi, azınlık halkları için yıkımı ve ölümü hak göremez. Arazilerinin kamulaştırılması ve kirletilmesi kültürel ve fiziksel soykırım olarak değerlendirilmelidir. Maddi ve manevi tazminatlar ödenmeli sağlık şartları iyileştirilmelidir.
• Pek çok nükleer reaktör operasyonel ömürlerini tamamlamıştır. Bu reaktörlerin sökümü onlarca yıl sürecek zorluklarla doludur.
• Gelişmiş ülkelerde nükleer enerjiden çıkış yaşanırken Çin, Hindistan ve diğer gelişmekte olan ülkelerde özellikle otoriter hükümetler altında yeni tesisler bir çok teknik eksikliğe rağmen planlanmakta ve inşa edilmektedir. Fukushima Nükleer Felaketi’nden edilen deneyime rağmen hükümetler tarafından mevcut nükleer reaktörlerin ömrünün uzatılması bu reaktörleri çok daha riskli hale getirmektedir.

Nükleersiz bir dünyanın mümkün olduğu tahayyülüyle geleceğin tek enerjisi olarak yenilenebilir enerjiye geçilmesi için ortak hareket etme kararlılığında olduklarını açıklayan Nükleersiz Asya delegeleri yapılması gerekenler bağlamında aşağıdaki konulara dikkat çekti..

• Tüm dünyada Nükleer Silahların Yasaklanması Uluslararası Antlaşmasının desteklenmesi, imzalanması ve onaylanması gereklidir.
• Kazanç sağlamak amacıyla gezegene ve tüm canlılara zarar vermekten imtina etmeyen nükleer endüstriye karşı mücadele devam etmek zorundadır.
• Uluslararası Atom Enerjisi Ajansı(IAEA), Fukushima Nükleer Felaketi’nin sonuçlarından ders çıkararak özellikle Hindistan, Tayvan ve Türkiye gibi fay hatları olduğu bilinen ülkelerin hükümetlerine nükleer projelerinden vazgeçmeleri bu projeleri durdurmaları için çağrıda bulunmalıdır.
• Uranyum madenciliğinden atık süreci dahil tüm nükleer zincir içinde radyoaktif kirliliğın önlenmesi için çalışılmalıdır.
• Tayvan halkı referandumda “Nükeerden çıkış ve yenilenebilir enerjiye geçiş” seçeneğini tercih etmesi ve inşaatı devam eden nükleer santral tesisi için söküm kararı verilmedir. Tesis yenilenebilir enerji üretim tesisine dönüştürülmelidir. Operasyon sürecini tamamlayarak devreden çıkarılan nükleer santrallerin atıklarının ekositemsel kirlilik oluşturmayacak şekilde bertaraf edilmesi gerekmektedir. Tayvan’daki Orkid Adası nükleer atık çöplüğü değildir, nükleer atıklardan temizlenmelidir.
• Uluslararası Radyoloji Düzenleme Kurulu nükleer kazadan sonra maruz kalınacak dozun kapalı bir mekanda kalınırsa mağduriyet riskinin azalacağını savunan düzenlemesi kabul edilmemelidir.
• Tokyo Eyalet Mahkemesi’nin Fukuşima Nükleer Felaketi’nin sorumlusu olduğu iddiasını reddederek üç Tokyo Elektrik Şirketi Yöneticisinin suçsuz olduğu yönünde verdiği kararı kınıyoruz. Suçluların değil felaketin mağdurlarının yanında olunmalıdır.
• 2020, gerek Tokyo’da planlanan Olimpiyat Oyunları gerekse Hiroşima ve Nagazaki’ya ABD’nin atom bombasını atmasının üzerinden 75. yıl geçmiş olacağı için önemli bir yıldır. Olimpiyat oyunları Fukuşima Nükleer Felaketi’nin badirelerinin atlatıldığına dair bir gösteri aracı olarak kullanılmamalı, bu şekilde olimpiyat ruhuna aykırı hareket edilmemelidir.