Sanshiro Kume, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sanshiro Kume

Japanese activist

Date of Birth: 22-Mar-1926

Place of Birth: Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 31-Aug-2009

Profession: physicist, activist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Sanshiro Kume (?? ???, Kume Sanshiro, March 22, 1926 – August 31, 2009) was a radiochemist who lectured at Osaka University.
He has been described as an "outspoken anti-nuclear power plant scientist".Kume served as an adviser to residents who filed a lawsuit to try to stop the Monju Experimental Breeder Reactor being built.
He also led a panel of experts which examined official reports on the 1995 sodium coolant leak at the Monju reactor.
Kume also assisted residents who "lodged Japan’s first lawsuit seeking annulment of a permit to build a nuclear power reactor in Ikata, Ehime Prefecture in 1973".