USS Reagan Sailors Sue for Nuclear Justice
Channel: eon3
Date: 2015-07-21

Attorney Charles Bonner gives an update on his class action litigation on behalf of military personnel harmed by exposure to Fukushima fallout during an aid mission. The suit targets the plant operator and its manufacturers.

Update: As of May 11, 2016 the court battle continues.

This is part 4 of a 5-part series based on, 'Taking Nuclear to Court in Japan, Korea and the USA,' a program co-sponsored by Project Censored, Fukushima Response, EON, and Sonoma Peace and Justice in Rohnert Park, CA on July 17, 2015.

Other speakers are part of a delegation of South Korean and Japanese activists on a West Coast tour. 

Lee Jin Seop talks about his wife’s case and other lawsuits that have been filed in S. Korea, seeking to establish judicial accountability for the dangers of nuclear power, and compensation for the cancers it can cause. 

Rev. Deasoo Lee  has lectured on the dangers of nuclear power at the Shinano-machi Church in Tokyo.

Choi Seungkoo is the Secretary General of No Nukes Asia Action (NNAA), a Japanese nonprofit organization that recently filed the Reactor Suppliers Lawsuit to hold companies that profited from Fukushima’s nuclear operations responsible for the continuing nuclear disaster (GE, Hitachi, Toshiba). The suit has almost 4000 plaintiffs from Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, the US, Canada, and Malaysia.