The document below is a strong argument against the Japanese government's plan to proceed with uranium trials at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant.
See especially the recommendation in paragraph 131 to "...voluntarily institute a time-limited moratorium on the construction of any further enrichment or reprocessing facilities...". (Of course, we don't support the proposal in the previous paragraph to internationalize these activities.)
Note that the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant is still officially 'under construction' until these trials and the 'active trials' with real spent fuel are completed.
Please use this report to lobby your governments against reprocessing and the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant.
Philip White
2 December 2004
A more secure world: Our shared responsibility
Report of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats Challenges and Change
United Nations
http://www.un.org/secureworld/
