nuclear-news

Dr Helen Caldicott to speak in Seattle

Nobel Prize Nominee Caldicott here for Japan nuclear crisis anniversary Dr. Helen Caldicott’s appearance Saturday at Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle is part of weekend events scheduled around the one-year anniversary of Japan’s Fukushima tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis. By Carol M. Ostrom,  Seattle Times, 13 March Dr. Helen Caldicott, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and longtime activist who helped start Physicians for Social
Responsibility and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, will speak at an all-day forum and workshop Saturday.

Caldicott’s appearance at Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle is
part of weekend events scheduled around the one-year anniversary of
Japan’s Fukushima tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis.

Caldicott will kick off presentations by national and international
experts, who will discuss issues such as the chances of an
earthquake-tsunami in the Northwest, our level of preparedness for a
Fukushima-type disaster, and safety at the Hanford nuclear
reservation.

Other participants in the Saturday event include Arnie Gundersen, an
international energy adviser, and Robert “Bob” Alvarez, a senior
scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.

Events, free and open to the public, include:

• 7 p.m. Friday: Screening of “Surviving Japan,” a documentary about
natural and man-made disasters, with filmmaker Q&A.

• 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday: forum and workshop.

All events take place at Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 N.E.
43rd St ., Seattle, and are sponsored by Washington Physicians for
Social Responsibility with co-sponsors. More information:
www.psr.org/chapters/washington.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2017741115_quakeevents14m.html

March 15, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general