Center for Civil Society International ([email protected])
Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:41:16 -0800 (PST)
x-posted from EnvCEE-L
THE CHERNOBYL DISASTER - TEN YEARS LATER
Marking the 10th anniversary of the most serious industrial accident
in history, which occured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26,
1986, an international conference is being held April 20-22, 1996 at Dom
Uchitelya in Kiev, Ukraine entitled "Lessons of Chernobyl".
Conference speakers include Alexey Yablokov (environmental adviser to
Yeltsin), Amory Lovins (energy efficiency expert and Director of the Rocky
Mountain Institute), Christopher Flavin (Worldwatch Institute), Antony Froggatt
(Greenpeace International), Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker (Wuppertal Institute),
Harvey Wassermann (Greenpeace USA), and others. Conference participants, with
roughly equal numbers from East and West, total around 220 people. These
include representatives of non-governmental organizations as well as prominent
scientists from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and many other countries of the world.
The goals of the conference are: 1) to present the true extent and
consequences of the accident, 2) to clarify the problematic role of nuclear
power in energy policy, particularly in Eastern Europe, and 3) to explore
options that could lead to a nuclear-free future. Each day of the three-day
conference addresses one of these goals:
April 20 - "Chernobyl: Facts and Consequences":
- medical effects and social repercussions;
- economic costs and political implications;
- extent and effect of the radioactive contamination;
- current situation and dangers posed by the Chernobyl plant.
April 21 - "Nuclear Energy: The Problem":
- actual costs of nuclear power;
- Western nuclear industry's activities in Eastern Europe;
- safety issues and the risks of nuclear power;
- economics and international financing of nuclear power;
- political strategies and implications.
April 22 - "Energy Options: The Solution":
- energy efficiency strategies, demand-side and supply-side;
- renewable energy development and promising new technologies;
- East-West cooperation in developing long-term energy solutions;
- positive roles for non-governmental organizations (NGOs);
- prospects for a nuclear-free future.
A press conference will be held in Kiev at Dom Uchitelya on April 22
at 12:45 at which the results of the conference will be summarized, and a
memorandum entitled "Lessons of Chernobyl" will be presented.
VISIT TO CHERNOBYL PLANT: On April 23, following the conclusion of the
"Lessons of Chernobyl" conference, press representatives have the opportunity
to join conference participants on a fact-finding visit to the Chernobyl
Nuclear Power Plant and the 30 km restricted zone. The trip costs $35 per
person to cover transportation and organizing expenses. Please confirm in
advance your wish to join the Chernobyl visit.
The "Lessons of Chernobyl" conference is being organized by the
Heinrich Boll Foundation, which is associated with the German Green Party, and
named after the German writer and Nobel Laureate Heinrich Boll, who was one of
the Party's co-founders. The Foundation is based in Cologne, Federal Repubic
of Germany.
Contact: Jonathan Spaulding, Press Coordinator
Tel/Fax in Kiev: +380.44.410.68.75
e-mail: [email protected]
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