Nuclear Relapse 1
Submitted by Laura_Schleifer on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 9:58pm
Panel Abstract:
Up until the shocking events since the 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated Japan on March 11th, nuclear power was widely considered to be a technology on the rebound. Though we have seen nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, in recent years the memory of those accidents faded as the nuclear industry and the government worked to downplay their impacts. But now, the shocking events of multiple reactors out of control and a radiological emergency in Japan is showing the world, all too clearly, the real dangers of this technology. Join us as we discuss the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, what it may mean for the rest of the world, and what we must do now to rise up and put an end to this inherently life-destroying technology.
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- Environment
- D. Panel Session 1—Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
- Karen Charman—Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Approved
- Edwin Lyman—Union of Concerned Scientists
- Joel Kovel—Co-editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Karen Charman—Managing Editor, Capitalism Nature Socialism
- Karl Grossman—State University of New York/College at Old Westbury
- Tim Judson—Citizens Awareness Network
- 250
- student union
Panel Abstract:
Up until the shocking events since the 9.0 earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated Japan on March 11th, nuclear power was widely considered to be a technology on the rebound. Though we have seen nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, in recent years the memory of those accidents faded as the nuclear industry and the government worked to downplay their impacts. But now, the shocking events of multiple reactors out of control and a radiological emergency in Japan is showing the world, all too clearly, the real dangers of this technology. Join us as we discuss the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan, what it may mean for the rest of the world, and what we must do now to rise up and put an end to this inherently life-destroying technology.
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