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The Nuclear Age Turns 70 -- Let's Party!

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- Guest Plenary Presenters:

      o    Akiko Yoshida, Friends of the Earth, Tokyo Japan

      o    Setsuko Thurlow, hibakusha, Toronto Canada

- Keynote Speaker: Sat. Dec. 1, 7 -- 8 p.m., open to the public

      o    Dr. Norma Field, Univ. of Chicago Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor of Japanese Studies Emerita

- Seven panels  featuring 16 other guest presenters presenting on topics dealing with nuclear power, waste, weapons, and -- a world without nuclear

- Book Signing:   Dr. Arjun Makhijani ("Carbon Free/Nuclear Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy"), and Kristen Iversen ("Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats")

 

Optional Reception with Presenters -- Sat. Dec.. 1, 5:30 -- 7 p.m.; $30/person, advance reservations only

Chicago Premiere of the acclaimed documentary , "Atomic States of America"

Sat. evening, Dec. 1, 8 -- 10 p.m., free, open to the public

REGISTRATION : open to the public, $40 for 2 days, includes lunch ($50 at door); online at http://www.neis.org ; or download registration form from the website and returning it by mail with payment to NEIS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION :  full Conference schedule, registration, speakers list, travel and housing suggestions available by visiting the website of  Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), http://www.neis.org ; or call us at (773)342-7650.

SPONSORED BY :  Beyond Nuclear, Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), and Friends of the Earth; co-sponsored by UChicago Climate Action Network (U-CAN), and International House Global Voices Program (Saturday events).

 

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