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高等弁務官「法の裁き必要」

20180910【ジュネーブ共同】

国連人権理事会（４７カ国）の通常会期が１０日、ジュネーブで開幕した。

今月新たに就任したバチェレ人権高等弁務官が冒頭演説し、ミャンマーのイスラム教徒少数民族ロヒンギャの迫害を巡り「法の裁きが必要だ」と述べ、責任追及に向けた取り組みを支持する姿勢を示した。

問題を国連総会に付託するため人権理に決議採択を求めた。

ロヒンギャ迫害で国連人権理事会が設置した国際調査団が報告書

　2018-08-27 　【ジュネーブ共同】

　ミャンマーのイスラム教徒少数民族ロヒンギャ迫害に関し国連人権理事会が設置した国際調査団は２７日、迫害行為へのミャンマー国軍の関与は明白だとして、ミン・アウン・フライン国軍総司令官ら軍高官らへの捜査と訴追を求める報告書を公表した。

　人道犯罪などで訴追権限を持つ国際刑事裁判所（ＩＣＣ）に問題を付託するように要請した。

Japan's biggest nuclear operators forging alliance

According to media reports, Japan's biggest nuclear operators are discussing a potential partnership to overcome a crisis in the sector caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster seven years ago.

Japan Takahama Reaktor Nr. 4 (picture-alliance/dpa/MAXPPP)

Japanese business daily Nikkei reported on Wednesday that the country's four biggest nuclear companies — Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), Hitachi, Toshiba and Chubu Electric Power — have signed an agreement aimed at building an alliance that would initially focus on decommissioning old reactors.

That could be extended to building and maintaining nuclear plants, with the moves likely to spur a broad realignment in Japan's nuclear industry, Nikkei reported.

The news agency Reuters said on the same day that a source, who was not authorized to speak with the media, had confirmed the report, saying that the agreement was intended to provide a framework for the talks.

However, the four companies refused to comment when contacted by several news media outlets, saying only that they had regular discussions with each other as well as with other nuclear operators and plant builders.

In March 2011, Japan's nuclear industry was hit by a massive nuclear accident, when a tsunami and earthquake hit Tepco's Fukushima reactor causing a meltdown. The incident highlighted a series of regulatory and industry shortcomings that undermined public trust in a sector that once provided about 30 percent of Japan's electricity supply.

Against this background, a domestic cooperation would make sense, said Tom O'Sullivan, the founder of energy consultancy

Mathyos Japan. "Four balance sheets are better than one when it comes to nuclear risks," he told Reuters.

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Forced cooperation?

According to Nikkei, the plan was being backed by the country's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It quoted an unidentified ministry official as saying that it was now "impossible for a private company to be in the business by itself." Officially however, METI declined it was leading the effort.

After Fukushima, calls have been mounting to reorganize the industry, which has 10 independent nuclear power companies in total. At the moment, nine reactors have been restarted, while utilities have had to spend billions of dollars on upgrades and alternative fuel supplies.

The shakeup has already forced Tepco and Chubu to merge their fossil fuel power businesses under a venture called JERA. Nonetheless, the two companies are still waiting for permission to restart their nuclear units amid strong resistance from local populations.

Before the Fukushima disaster, Japan boasted 54 nuclear reactors in operation. In addition to the six Tepco reactors shut down in its wake, there are plans to decommission nine other units.

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Date 22.08.2018
Author Uwe Hessler (Reuters)
Related Subjects Energiewende (Transition to renewable power sources), Fukushima, Japan
Keywords Nuclear power, Japan, Tepco, Fukushima, merger
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Fukushima: UN says cleanup workers in danger of 'exploitation'

Workers move waste containing radiated soil, leaves and debris from the decontamination operation at a storage site

Tens of thousands of cleanup workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station risk exploitation, UN human rights experts said in a statement on Thursday.

The three experts, who report to the UN Human Rights Council, warned that exposure to radiation remained a major risk for workers handling the cleanup of the plant.

"Workers hired to decontaminate Fukushima reportedly include migrant workers, asylum-seekers and people who are homeless," said the three: Baskut Tuncak, an expert on hazardous substances, Dainius Puras, an expert on health, and Urmila Bhoola, an expert on contemporary slavery.

"We are deeply concerned about possible exploitation. The workers risk exposure to unhealthy levels of radiation not only because they work in places with high radiation but also because they work for longer hours than they should," Tuncak told DW after the statement was released.

"They are not sufficiently trained, which exposes them to serious health risks. Also, most of them are economically vulnerable, who may not turn down the job despite hazardous working conditions," he said.

Tuncak added that the team's observations were based on "repeated and reliable" reports.

Poor working conditions

TEPCO, the owner of the nuclear power station, which was damaged by a tsunami in 2011, has faced criticism for its treatment of workers involved in the cleanup, which is expected to take decades.

In July, a survey conducted by the Japanese Justice Ministry showed that four construction companies had hired foreign trainees for radioactive decontamination work at the plant.

The survey found that one of the four companies paid only 2,000 yen ($18, €16) per day to the trainees, a fraction of the 6,600 yen provided by the government as a special allowance for decontamination work.

An investigation by Reuters news agency in 2013 also found widespread labor abuses, including workers who said their pay was skimmed.

Japan must act

The UN experts called on Japanese authorities to act urgently to protect the workers.

"The government must conduct greater oversights. In cases of wrongdoing, it must prosecute the wrongdoers to set an example for others," Tuncak said.

"The government must also allow independent experts to visit Fukushima to review the existing work conditions."

Tuncak said Japan has not responded to several of his and other experts' requests to visit the damaged nuclear station.

Japan dismisses UN claims

On Friday, Japan's Foreign Ministry rejected the UN's accusations and said the statement could unnecessarily spark worries and confusion, the Kyodo News agency reported.

"It's regrettable, as the statement is based on one-sided allegations that could exacerbate the suffering of people in the disaster-hit areas," the ministry said. "We properly handled problematic cases in the past and do not regard
it as a situation which requires any urgent response," an unnamed official at the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry told Kyodo.

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Deadly disaster

The worst nuclear disaster of all time, the explosion at Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine released massive amounts of radiation into the atmosphere. Areas close to the plant - in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia - were heavily contaminated. Heightened levels of radiation were also measured across most of Europe. The "exclusion zone" around Chernobyl remains off-limits to human habitation today.