The people leading the protest against the license renewal of the Pickering Nuclear Powered Generating Plant are hosting a meeting where speakers will be talking about the latest news relating to the story.
From Fukushima to Pickering
Hosted by Ontario Clean Air Alliance and Durham Nuclear Awareness
Thur. March 15, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Pickering Public Library, 1 The Esplanade, Auditorium
On March 11, 2011, the world’s largest industrial accident occurred – a triple nuclear meltdown – in Fukushima, Japan. An area up to 50 km was evacuated and 160,000 people displaced, most whom have yet to return. Plants and animals are genetically damaged https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPWRinjQKyg&t=13s. Hundreds of thousands of bags of radioactive soil are stranded around the countryside with no waste solution in site, and 300 tonnes of radioactive water flows into the Pacific Ocean daily, contaminating the food chain. The catastrophe is expected to cost the Japanese economy between $200 and $500 Billion.
At this event, we will address a new report by Dr. Ian Fairlie, radiation biologist from the UK. His report considers what would happen if a serious nuclear accident, similar in extent to what took place in Fukushima, were to happen at the Pickering Nuclear Station just east of Toronto. The answer is alarming, exacerbated by the fact that Pickering is surrounded by millions of people. We’ll also discuss viable alternatives to nuclear power in ON, and brainstorm how to achieve a renewable future. There will also be a theatrical performance and short film.
Speakers include: Kyoko Yokama, Japanese citizen and filmmaker; Angela Bischoff and Jack Gibbons, Ontario Clean Air Alliance. Theatrical performance by Broadleaf Theatrehttp://www.broadleaftheatre.com/. There will be lots of time for questions and comments from the floor.
Co-sponsored by: Ontario Clean Air Alliance, Durham Nuclear Awareness (DNA)
