Meltdowns are considered hypothetical events – Chernobyl and Fukushima are real

Thirty years after the Chernobyl reactor disaster and 5 years after the nuclear accident in Fukushima, meltdowns continue to be viewed as hypothetical events by professionals. However, a reactor accident has tragic and far-reaching consequences lasting centuries. It creates challenges that are almost insurmountable by businesses and society in the affected contaminated region. At the Green Cross information event, nuclear experts from Japan, Russia and Switzerland will talk jointly for the first time about their experiences and discuss today’s view of generating energy with nuclear power plants.

As an environmental organisation dealing with the long-term effects of the Chernobyl reactor disaster for two decades, Green Cross Switzerland, in cooperation with scientists, is gathering facts promoting a worldwide exit from nuclear power. Beginning with Prof. Jonathan M. Samet, who jointly with national Green Cross organisations published a study in 2013 about the neuropsychological long-term consequences in the Chernobyl area and presented the Fukushima report in 2015, to nuclear engineer Prof. Dr. Vladimir M. Kusnetsow, under whose management a risk analysis of the effects of forest fires in the Chernobyl areas contaminated by radiation and other expert reports were established, and to Naoto Kan who will talk about the Fukushima crisis during his time in office as Japan’s Prime Minister.

A flyer with a description of the speakers can be downloaded here in German

Green Cross Nuclear Energy Event now on YouTube

The Green Cross Information Event concerning insights derived from the Fukushima nuclear disaster at the ETH with Prof. Dr. R. Richard Ernst, Naoto Kan, Dr. Stephan Robinson and Prof. Dr. Vladimir Kusnetsow on 30 January 2016 can now be seen on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylm5ffZaceI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kwR6wpw2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElXurRrhQ2M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEJhvl2PdME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWNzjZaKYn8