Chernobyl

Events and articles regarding Chernobyl and the 20th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident

Raspad - Chernobyl Twenty Years Later (SLO Public Library, from 04/21/2006 19:00 to 04/21/2006 22:25)

The film RASPAD - A fictionalization of a true event, this is the story of the tragic nuclear power disaster that occurred in the Soviet plant at Chernobyl when it exploded and burned, spreading contaminants over half thesurrounding countryside. This film is a "...riveting attempt to re-create the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl and to see it as a metaphor for the collapse of moral values in the social-politicial system that produced it. Raspad is Russian for collapse or deterioration." - Vincent Canby for the New York Times. Our special guest for this commemorative evening will be the film producer Peter Almond, from Los Angeles, who will share his stories about producing the film in Ukraine, and the difficulties that had to be overcome. The film will be followed by speakers: Angelina Galiteva - Executive Director-Strategic Planning, for the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Rochelle Becker - Executive Director-Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility

Chernobyl - Twenty Years Later (UCLA - La Kretz Hall Auditorium, from 04/23/2006 14:00 to 04/23/2006 17:30)

On April 26, 1986 a fire at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Station resulted in the abandonment of seventeen villages, relocation of hundreds of thousands of people and a ban on export of the region’s agriculture. As California moves away from coal and petroleum-based electricity, the time is right to reflect on nuclear power, its promise as well as its problems. The twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl accident offers this opportunity. Speakers include: • Yelena Zmushko will show her autobiographical film Chernobyl 20. • David R. Marples, University of Alberta, on “Twenty Years after Chernobyl: Dealing with a health and demographic crisis in Belarus.” • Daniel Hirsch, president, Committee to Bridge the Gap, on “Chernobyl’s Victims:The extent of radiation poisoning, cancer and other disease.” • Angelina M. Galiteva, chairperson, World Council for Renewable Energy, on “Strategic Opportunities in Renewable Energy.” • Rochelle Becker, president, Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, on “Nuclear Accidents: Can it happen here?”

REMEMBERING THE CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL – IT COULD HAPPEN HERE (Avila Beach, from 04/26/2006 18:50 to 04/26/2006 21:50)

Commemorating the 20th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear accident -- Meet at the beach closest to the entrance of Diablo Canyon NPP for a ceremony to remember those whose lives have been affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, especially the children. After the ceremony we will walk to the gates of Diablo Canyon for a candlelight vigil.

Chernobyl: A poisonous legacy

Twenty years after a blast in the nuclear plant at Chernobyl spread radioactive debris across Europe, it has been revealed that 375 farms in Britain, with 200,000 sheep, are still contaminated by fallout.

Chernobyl: A Global Tragedy - Nuclear Amnesia

 

"Chernobyl - There Is no End to it"

 

Chernobyl - Twenty Years Later Flyer

Flyer for the Chernobyl - Twenty Years Later event at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA

UN accused of ignoring 500,000 Chernobyl deaths

United Nations nuclear and health watchdogs have ignored evidence of deaths, cancers, mutations and other conditions after the Chernobyl accident, leading scientists and doctors have claimed in the run-up to the nuclear disaster's 20th anniversary next month.

Chernobyl Twenty Years Later -- A Public Health and Environmental Assessment (First unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego - 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest - (opposite UCSD Medical Center), from 04/26/2006 19:00 to 04/26/2006 21:00)

You are invited to a special remembrance -- Chernobyl Twenty Years Later -- A Public Health and Environmental Assessment On April 26, 1986 a fire at Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Station resulted in the abandonment of seventeen villages, relocation of hundreds of thousands of people and a ban on export of the region’s agriculture. As California moves away from coal and petroleum-based electricity, the time is ripe to reflect on nuclear power, its promise—and its problems, and alternative energy for San Diego. Two experts on nuclear power and sustainable energy will discuss what we can do now to insure that a Chernobyl or 3-Mile Island will not occur in San Diego Speakers: Angelina M. Galiteva currently serves as Chairperson of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), a Consultant specializing in strategic issues related to renewable energy. Ms. Galiteva is founder of New Energy Options, Inc. and past Executive Director-Strategic Planning, for the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Ms. Galiteva, has JD & Masters’ of law degrees in International, Environmental and Energy Law. Rochelle Becker, Executive Director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, has been active on nuclear safety issues in California for 28 years. As the past Mothers for Peace spokesperson and project director, Rochelle has testified before the California Public Utilities Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission to name a few and is the President of The Utility Reforms Network, a consumer watch group for state utility customers. Ms. Becker graduated from the University of San Francisco.

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A flyer for the April 26, 2006 Chernobyl Event to be held in San Diego

Remembering the Children of Chernobyl Flyer

 

Over 4,000 Russian villages remain in Chernobyl-polluted zone

Some 4,343 towns and villages in 14 Russian regions with the total population of 1.4 million lie within the radioactive contamination zone 20 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Russian Chief Public Health Official and member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Gennady Onishchenko said on Tuesday.

Chernobyl disaster linked to higher rate of infant mortality in

The debate over the health effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Britain reopens today with research which suggests that infant deaths were higher in areas where rain fell as the plume of fallout passed overhead. overhead.