Helen Caldicott, Beyond Nuclear's Founding PresidentSave the Dates: March 11-12, 2013
Symposium on The Medical and Ecological Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident To Be Held at the New York Academy of Medicine
A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on, and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at the New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013 the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome.
Chaired by Donald Louria, MD, Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health of the University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey, the symposium is a project of the Helen Caldicott Foundation and is open to the public.
Confirmed speakers include
Dr Hisaku Sakiyama, Doctor of Medicine, Former Senior Researcher at National Institute Radiological Sciences, Member of Fukushima Accident Independent Investigative Commission – Risk Asessment of Low Dose Radiation in Japan, What became Clear to the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Investigation Committee
Dr. Tim Mousseau, Professor of Biological Sciences , University of South Carolina – Chernobyl, Fukushima and other Hot Places, Biological Consequences
Ken Buesseler, Marine Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute – Radionuclides in Ocean, Fish and Seafloor
Dr David Brenner, Higgins Professor Radiation Physics, College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University – Mechanistic Models for Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Living Systems
David Lochbaum, the Union of Concerned Scientists – Another Unsurprising Surprise
Arnie Gunderson, Nuclear Engineer, Fairewinds Associates – What Did They Know and When Did They Know It?
Dr Wladimir Wertelecki, Chairman Department of Medical Genetics and Birth Defects Center University South Carolina – Congenital Malformations in Rivne Polossia associated with the Chernobyl Accident
Dr. Marek Niedziela, Professor of Pediatrics, Poznan (Poland) University of Medical Sciences – Thyroid Pathology in Children with Particular Reference to Chernobyl and Fukushima
Dr. Alexey Yablokov, Russian Academy of Sciences – Lessons from Chernobyl
Dr Steve Wing, Associate Professor Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina – Epidemiological Studies of Radiation Releases From Nuclear Facilities: Lessons From Past and Present
Dr Ian Fairlie, Radiation Biologist and Independent Consultant on Radiation Risks, Former Scientific Secretary to UK Government’s Committee Examining Radiation Risks From Internal Emitters – The Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima: Nuclear Source Terms, Initial Health Effects
Dr Herb Abrams, Emeritus Professor Radiology, Stanford University, Member of Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation Committee National Academy of Sciences (BEIRVII) – Beir VII, Relevance to Chernobyl and Fukushima
Akio Matsumura, Founder of Global Forum for Parliamentary Leaders on Global Survival – What did the World Learn from the Fukushima Accident
Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies – Management of Spent Fuel pools and Radioactive Waste
Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, Specialist in High Level Waste Management and Transportation – Seventy Years of Radioactive Risks in Japan and America
David Freeman, Engineer and Attorney, Former Chairman TVA and Science Advisor to President Jimmy Carter – The Rise and Fall of Nuclear Power
To register and/or for further information about the Symposium, click on the following link:
You can also contact Mali Lightfoot, Executive Director of the Foundation, at MaliLightfoot@gmail.com or 617-650-5048.