Nebraskans for Peace
There Can Be No Peace Without Justice
News Advisory - for Immediate Release
In Nebraska: Mobile Chernobyls? Floating Fukushimas? Three Mile Islands in Transport?
The Risks of Shipping High-Level Radioactive Waste through Omaha, Lincoln and Nebraska
Contacts: Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear, 240-462-3216, kevin@beyondnuclear.org
Mark Welsch, Omaha Coordinator for Nebraskans for Peace 402-510-7565 NFPOmaha1970@gmail.com
Tim Rinne, State Coordinator for Nebraskans for Peace (in Lincoln) 402-730-6675
Just days before the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 2 atomic reactor meltdown (March 28, 1979), join us for a discussion of the high risks of proposed shipments of irradiated nuclear fuel through Lincoln, Omaha and all of Nebraska, and learn how Nebraskans can help prevent it. There are plans to ship some high-level nuclear waste on the Missouri River to Omaha NE.
TWO Free Events, open to the public - Monday and Tuesday, in Lincoln and Omaha
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
The Unitarian Church of Lincoln
6300 A Street, Lincoln NE
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7pm – 8:30pm
UNO - Community Engagement Center
Rooms 201/205
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha NE
Free parking is available in Lot E - between the clock tower and library - and in all other parking lots on campus.
Just days before the 40th anniversary of the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit 2 atomic reactor meltdown (March 28, 1979), join us for a discussion of the high risks of proposed shipments of irradiated nuclear fuel through Lincoln, Omaha and all of Nebraska, and learn how Nebraskans can help prevent it. There are plans to ship some high-level nuclear waste on the Missouri River to Omaha NE.
TWO Free Events, open to the public - Monday and Tuesday, in Lincoln and Omaha
Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.
The Unitarian Church of Lincoln
6300 A Street, Lincoln NE
Tuesday, March 26, 2019 7pm – 8:30pm
UNO - Community Engagement Center
Rooms 201/205
6001 Dodge Street, Omaha NE
Free parking is available in Lot E - between the clock tower and library - and in all other parking lots on campus.
In addition to plenty of Q&A and discussion time, the 90-minute program will include:
In Lincoln, an inflatable, full-scale replica of a highly radioactive waste Legal Weight Truck-sized shipping cask will be deployed outside the event.
A presentation by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Specialist, Beyond Nuclear, addressing the safety and security risks of transporting highly radioactive wastes, and irradiated nuclear fuel, on the roads, rails, and waterways, as proposed in legislation currently pending before the U.S. Congress.
He will also discuss the risks of nuclear waste indoor wet storage pool fires for the entire region, and the interim alternative of Hardened On-Site Storage (HOSS), as well as the need to stop generating high-level radioactive waste.
Unfortunately, the Cooper (Nuclear) Station in Nebraska, a Fukushima twin design on the Missouri River, has been rubber-stamped for an extension by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 60 years of operations, until the year 2034.
An animation, prepared by Scott Portzline, Security Consultant, Three Mile Island Alert (TMIA), about radioactive waste transport risks, will be shown. So too will a 90-second aerial drone-captured video, featuring transport routes in Pennsylvania. A short informational video, “Nuclear Transports – Eye-Witness to Rule-breaking,” also prepared by Portzline, will be shown. Lessons learned from Pennsylvania’s TMI meltdown survivors will be applied to radioactive risks in Nebraska.
Nebraskans for Peace will share information on how to get involved locally.
Events are co-hosted by:
Beyond Nuclear; Lincoln Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace; Omaha Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace; National Association of Social Workers, Nebraska Chapter; Antelope Park Church of the Brethren and other groups.
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Nebraskans for Peace is the oldest statewide Peace & Justice organization in the United States. Building upon the long tradition of peacemaking in Nebraska, NFP has continually advocated for dialogue and peaceful resolution of conflicts, while steadfastly promoting the rights of all people throughout its decades-long history.