On
the anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
<<Cracking
the Nuclear Labyrinth>> International Forum 2012
A year on from the Fukushima disaster, is life in Japan back to normal?
What lessons have we learnt about the massive nuclear industry? What do we
really know about radiation and nuclear energy? What impacts do they have on
our lives?
We would like to invite you to take
part in <<Cracking the Nuclear Labyrinth>>
International Forum.
Among the speakers are
ex-Fukushima resident/unionist,
nuclear experts from Canada and the States,
let’s crack the nuclear labyrinth together!
Date: Saturday 10th March 2012
Time: 10am – 5:15pm
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10:00 - 10:15 am
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Opening Speech
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10:15 - 11:15 am
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Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility “The Labyrinth of Challenges and Choices” |
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11:15 - 11:35 am
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Tea Break
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11:35 am - 12:55 pm
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Representative of Green Citizens'
Action Alliance, Taiwan
- The lies and deception of Taiwan's Nuclear-free Homeland Policy - Power structure of technology decision making in Taiwan Fukushima resident and Unionist - Brief introduction to Japanese anti-nuclear movement: how workers and unions have engaged in the movement - Personal experience in the Fukushima nuclear disaster, including how government has lied to the public - Nuclear workers in Japan |
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12:55 - 1:30 pm
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Lunch time
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1:30- 2:30 pm
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Sharing session on "The Tragedy
of Fukushima"
(Press Conference starts at 1:50pm in Room BC216) |
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2:30 - 3:15 pm
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Robert Gould, M.D., Physicians for Social
Responsibility
- Global warming and nuclear renaissance - How health impacts of nuclear energy have been hidden from the public |
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3:15 -3:30 pm
(via video conference) |
Representative of anti-nuclear
movement in India
- Introducing anti-nuclear movement against Kudankulam power plant: mass participation, hunger strike, spreading through communites - Reflection on the meaning of anti-nuclear movement in Asia |
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3:15 -3:30 pm
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Tea Break
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3:45 - 5:15pm
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Lill Liu,
resident of Japan, former
journalist of China Times, writer on gender, culture and nuclear power
- Nuclear power in Japan - Taiwan - Mainland China - Hong Kong: A perilous belt in East Asian Wolfgang Pomrehn, German freelance journalist and book author on energy and climate issues - The nuclear endgame - alternatives and actions Conclusion |
Interpretation will be provided
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