Death of anti nuclear activist,Nora Bredes

Nora Bredes, Long Island nuclear plant foe, dies – WSJ.com, AUGUST 22, 2011, Nora Bredes, Long Island nuclear plant foe, dies ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Nora Bredes, an advocate for women’s leadership, environmental protection and public health who led the fight to keep a nuclear plant from opening on Long Island 25 years ago, has died at age 60.

Bredes died Thursday after a lengthy battle with breast cancer, her family said…..

In the 1980s, Bredes led the push to derail Long Island’s Shoreham nuclear power station. The plant was completed in 1984 for $6 billion but never went into operation due to community opposition.

As a chief organizer of the Shoreham Opponents Coalition, Bredes enlisted New York state in a high-stakes regulatory battle revolving around potential safety concerns, such as how quickly the plant’s heavily populated surroundings could be evacuated in a crisis.

The Long Island Lighting Co., which had drawn backing for the plant from President George H.W. Bush, agreed in 1989 to shut down the plant, which was fully decommissioned in 1994…..Nora Bredes, Long Island nuclear plant foe, dies – WSJ.com

August 23, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | women

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PRESS ADVISORY: HELEN CALDICOTT TO SPEAK ABOUT ONGOING JAPANESE NUCLEAR CRISIS.

Environmental Social Justice/ Peace Event
PHYSICIAN – AUTHOR – SPEAKER
While living in the United States from 1977 to 1986, Helen co-founded Physicians for Social Responsibility.
http://www.helencaldicott.com/about/
Helen will speak about the Japanese nuclear power plant disaster and other topics in her books: Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer, If You Love This Planet and A Desperate Passion. (Book signing at conclusion of presentation)
She will also address exposure concerns regarding radium 226 from Marcellus shale during the extraction process from the natural gas drilling industry.
Free to students and public: tour schedule
1.) Binghamton University Oct 10th -Nelson Mandela room in the Student Union.
6:00 pm Janet Burgan http://www.janetburgan.com/
7:00 pm Keynote speaker Helen Caldicott
Environmental Social Justice and peace groups will have educational displays on site and distribute informational brochures about their various causes.
2). Ithaca College Oct 11th -James Waylen Music Center (Hocket Recital Hall)
6:00 pm Janet Burgan
7:00 PM Keynote speaker: Helen Caldicott
Environmental Social Justice and peace groups will have educational displays on site and distribute informational brochures about their various causes.
3.) Hobart William Smith College Geneva NY Oct 12th
6:00 pm Janet Burgan
6:30 pm to 7:00 pm Diane D’Arrigo Radioactive Waste Project Director from http://WWW.NIRS.ORG will speak of nuclear activities in New York and connections to international issues which Helen will address.
7:00 pm Keynote Speaker: Helen Caldicott
Environmental Social Justice and peace groups will have educational displays on site and distribute informational brochures about their various causes.

Environmental and social justice/ peace organizations are invited to reserve/ set up information booths and distribute brochures at no charge.

Consider organizing car pools/ buses to transport attendees to the venue closest to your community.

Media:
Exclusive media interviews between 6:00 PM and 6:45 PM with Helen Caldicott
plus additional opportunities to photograph or film at the event

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-Helen-Caldicott/102772801940

Dr Helen Caldicott -” Fukushima Nuclear Disaster- You won’t hear this on the mainstream news”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ITrXVJMKeQ

ABOUT Diane D’Arrigo
Short bio

Diane D’Arrigo is the Radioactive Waste Project Director for Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and a member of the national Sierra Club Nuclear Issues Activist Team. She has a degree in chemistry and environmental studies from William Smith College and work experience in industrial and academic analytical chemistry and biological research.

Ms. D’Arrigo began researching and tracking the West Valley, NY nuclear waste site in western New York as part of the Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Wastes and is now an active part of the West Valley Action Network. She has worked at the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Citizens Alliance, Great Lakes Laboratory at Buffalo State, FMC, Ecology and Environment and for the Sierra Club Radioactive Waste Campaign. She has closely followed the problems with radioactive waste for decades, especially so-called “low-level” nuclear waste, working to stop generation of new atomic power and weapons waste, assisting communities targeted with new dumps, helping to close and prevent expansion of existing, leaking waste sites and fighting the national and international moves to deregulate nuclear waste into ordinary trash and commercial recycling.

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Rod Serling said that one of his favorite Twilight Zone episodes was “Time Enough at Last,” about a book lover who finds himself alone with his books after a nuclear war.

1970 Planet of the apes scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxFkue8gZ8&feature=related
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