Tag: Nuclear waste
MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
The leaders of five Melanesian countries and territories avoided a definitive update on the status of...
Anti-nuclear group condemns Fiji PM Rabuka’s Fukushima wastewater stance
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
Pacific anti-nuclear advocacy groups and campaigners have condemned the Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's...
UN nuclear watchdog boss defends position on Japan’s wastewater dump
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has told RNZ Pacific its standards are not outdated.
It comes as...
Japan’s Fukushima nuclear waste plan stirs ‘Pacific Chernobyl’ risk protests
By Peter Boyle in Sydney
As Pacific communities protest the Japanese government’s plan to dump more than a million tonnes of radioactive waste water from...
Climate crisis greatest threat to Pacific regional security, says Vanuatu PM
By Hilaire Bule, RNZ Pacific Vanuatu correspondent in Port Vila
Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau says Pacific security is about the security of the Pacific...
How Fukushima wastewater into Pacific will disrupt seafood trade
ANALYSIS: By Ming Wang
Public opinion will dictate how Japanese seafood is received after the wastewater is disposed of into the Pacific Ocean.
The global seafood...
Activists call for US apology, ‘justice’ over Marshall Islands nuclear tests
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
More than 100 activist groups, including Greenpeace, Veterans for Peace, and the Arms Control Association have signed a letter...
Oceania Indigenous ‘guardians’ call for self-determination on West Papua day
OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference
On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...
Indonesian activists protest against plan to dump Fukushima nuclear waste in...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Activists from the Fukushima Anti-Nuclear Indonesia (IANFU) movement in Indonesia have held an action commemorating International Ocean Day demanding that the...
