Zero Emission Network

Japanese for Peace (www.jfp.org.au) presents a screening of the documentary

ROKKASHOMURA RHAPSODY directed by Hiromi Kamanaka
English Subtitles (Japanese) 119min

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DATE: Saturday, 28th July
TIME: 3-5pm
VENUE: New Council Chambers, Trades Hall
54 Victoria Street, Carlton South
(Corner of Lygon & Victoria Streets)
Entry: $5
Supported by: Friends of the Earth, Medical Association for Prevention of War,
Japanese for Peace (www.jfp.org.au email: info@jfp.org.au)
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ROKKASHOMURA RHAPSODY
http://rokkasho-rhapsody.com

What happens when the nuclear cycle comes full-cycle?
This is the story of the villagers of Rokkasho who live with spent nuclear energy every day.

The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is in the far north of Japan, in Aomori Prefecture. The documentary follows the story of the community in its many layered attempts to cope with and deal with the dominating facility and its poisonous legacy. There are over 50 nuclear reactors in Japan, and much of Australia’s uranium is used there. The Rokkasho facility has recently been used in new testing and research for reprocessing plutonium. Reprocessing technology was originally used to extract plutonium for nuclear weapons, this plant is the first to conduct reprocessing in a non-nuclear state…

For more information (in English) see:
http://stop-rokkasho.org/
http://cnic.jp/english/topics/cycle/rokkasho/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/japan/rokkasho.htm
http://www.japannuclear.com/nuclearpower/fuelcycle/facilities.htm