Bring a sunflower and say no to nuclear energy before it's too late....

In a few week's time it will be the second anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear energy disaster in Japan. It's unlikely that the newspapers will say very much about it but the reality is that the disaster is ongoing and people are still suffering.

Two years after the release of massive amounts of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi power station, more than a hundred thousand people are still exposed to long-term radioactive contamination. Many evacuees have lost their homes, jobs, businesses, communities and way of life.

The Fukushima Diaiichi power station is still not secure. The spent fuel storage pools at reactor number four are in dangerous condition. Another major earthquake could lead to a massive release of radiation, a threat described by experts as ‘cataclysmic’.

We've been told that a Fukushima could never happen in the UK and the eight new nuclear power stations that our government want built will be safe and secure. But how can you guarantee against human error, acts of terrorism or flooding? And then there's the whole question of what to do with all that highly toxic radioactive waste. We currently have enough nuclear waste to fill over 200 Olympic-sized swimming pools and nobody knows what to do with it all.

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, Japanese Against Nuclear UK, CND and Kick Nuclear are organising a march through central London. The march will take place at the end of Climate Week and organisers aim to send a clear message to those hoping for a sustainable future:‘Learn from the thousands of people suffering in Japan. Say no to nuclear power before it’s too late.’

• · The theme of the London march will be, ‘Starting the sunflower revolution’. For anti-nuclear campaigners around the world, the sunflower is becoming the symbol for a clean energy future. We want an energy revolution that is remembered for its inspiration, not the horrendous legacy of high energy bills and toxic radiation that the government is planning for us in the current Energy Bill.

Germany is leading the way in creating a nuclear-free future that is clean, affordable and creates jobs. And Germany is still on target to meet its 80% carbon reduction commitment by 2050. What do we have in the UK? A government that is resorting to dangerous old technologies because it has no vision and no courage.