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Powerful presentations at USA conference on nuclear waste

200 participants mark the tragic observance of “A Mountain of Radioactive Waste 70 Years High” in Chicago, Dec. 1-3 http://www.beyondnuclear.org/radioactive-waste-whatsnew/2012/12/6/200-participants-mark-the-tragic-observance-of-a-mountain-of.htmlThe event sponsored by Beyond Nuclear, Friends of the Earth, and Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), and co-sponsored by UChicago Climate Action Network and International House at the University of Chicago, attracted 200 participants, from across the U.S., as well as Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, and a number of Native American First Nations. “A Mountain of Radioactive Waste 70 Years High: Ending the Nuclear Age” marked the tragic observance of Enrico Fermi creating the first nuclear chain reaction, in the world’s first atomic reactor, and generating the world’s first high-level radioactive reactor wastes, at the University of Chicago at 3:25 PM local time, December 2, 1942, as an early milestone on the Manhattan Project’s journey of death that culminated, less than three years later, with the atomic test blast “Trinity” in New Mexico, and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

December 8, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general