Career
She became involved in peace and anti-nuclear movement activities as a student in 1980, helping radiation victims. In 1992, Katsumi Furitsu attended the "World Uranium Hearing" in Salzburg. In 1996, she testified to the Permanent People's Tribunal, Chernobyl Session in Vienna.
Furitsu regularly visits areas affected by the radiation and other impacts of the "nuclear supply chain", including uranium mining sites in native people’s land in the United States, the downwind area of the Nevada Test Site, and the polluted Hanford Site.
She is also helping with the health impacts of the Fukushima disaster.
