Learn what you need to know to take a stand and change the course of history toward Health and Sustainability

Radiation and Health

in the

Nuclear Heartland

 

Special Guest Dr. Helen Caldicott

Owen Conference Center

at UNCA Asheville, NC

October 11 & 12, 2002

 

This educational conference is geared for lay people, professionals, and decision-makers. It is open at no cost ( optional lunch and refreshments payment requested)

Who should attend this event? Concerned members of the public interested in learning more. Technical information will be presented for lay people. We will be teaching basic concepts that will help you understand complex policy issues. Healthcare and emergency professionals will learn new information. Decision-makers, staff and advisors will gain important new perspective in the post 9-11 era. Parents and future parents need this valuable information since we live in the Nuclear Heartland!!!

Why this event now? Our country is the world pacesetter in both nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. The US is currently on the brink of a NUCLEAR REVIVAL – new uranium processing; extended operations at nuclear reactors as well as new reactors; new nuclear weapons production: the Southeast is where the nuclear revival is happening. You cannot afford to miss this event. Our future generations need you to attend!

Link to Mapquest map online

Conference Schedule

Friday Events at Lipinsky Auditorium UNCA

Saturday Events at Owen Conference Center

7:00 pm Friday October 11 (Lipinsky)

Dr. Helen Caldicott **** Keynote Address

Author of “The New Nuclear Danger,” “Nuclear Madness,” “Missile Envy” and “If You Love This Planet”

 

Bob Del Tredici Slide Presentation

Noted Photographer and author of “at Work in the Field of the Bomb”

 

Saturday October 12

Informational sessions and public policy discussion on ionizing radiation health and our environment 8:30 to 5:30PM

PRESENTERS include:

Dr. Steven Wing, Department of Epidemiology, UNC Chapel Hill

Dr. Judith Johnsrud, Sierra Club advisory group on radiation 

Dr. Edwin Lyman, Nuclear Control Institute

Dr. Martha Salyers Leader, Public Health Regional Surveillance Team

Ken Bergeron, author of “Tritium on Ice”

Mary Olson, Diane D’Arrigo, Cindy Folkers, Nuclear Information and Resource Service -- And many others!!!

 

Saturday Program at Owen Conference Center

 

8:30 Hot beverages and registration (please pre-register now!)Option to purchase pizza lunch for those who did not pre-register in time for catered lunch.

9:00  Kitty Boniske Opening dedication to Dr. Alice Stewart

9:10  Keynote: Dr Steve Wing – Health effects of low level ionizing radiation - Insights from the work of Alice Stewart

10:00 Panel on Sources of Radiological Risk in the SE   Moderated by Mary Olson, NIRS Southeast,  including:

Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance * Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League * NC WARN * Carolina Peace Resource Center * Georgians Against Nuclear Energy * Action for a Clean Environment * Georgians for Clean Energy * Nuclear Information and Resource Service * We The People * Carolina Peace Resource Center * PSR Atlanta * Women’s Action for New Directions

10:30 Breakout sessions on basics of radiation impact on health

10:40 – 11:30     Three concurrent sessions entitled “Ionizing Radiation – Like a Madman Loose in a Library”

                                                Room 302 Dr. Judith Johnsrud

                                                Room 305 Cindy Folkers, NIRS

                                                Foyer 3rd floor Mary Fox Olson, NIRS

Steve Wing continuing discussion of Dr. Alice Stewart’s work and epidemiological analysis –

foyer to second floor in photo gallery

            11:40 – 12:30    Concurrent sessions on radiation & health topics

                                                Room 302 Dr. Edwin Lyman – Plutonium spotlight

                                                Room 305 Cindy Folkers and Dr. Judith Johnsrud Chernobyl health effects

3^rd Floor Foyer: Diane D’Arrigo radioactive consumer products

Second Floor photo gallery: Anne Harris and Ken Bergeron – Tritium spotlight

                                               

12:30 – 1:30  LUNCH – if you pre-register by Monday Oct 7^th a Buffet lunch to be served on-site… registration donation will cover lunch. Students and low-income $10 and others $20 scholarship available for medical students and residents courtesy of PSR of WNC. OR you can bring your own, OR you can go to nearby restaurants…OR we will order in Pizza (price to be determined) for those who pre-register after the 7^th or sign up and pay at registration the morning of Saturday Oct 12.

 

1:30 Panel on Security Concerns and Emergency Response. Dr. Terry Clark, Moderator

Dr. Martha Salyers, Jim Warren, Dr. Edwin Lyman

 

2:30  How Commercial Nuclear Power is Getting Into the Nuclear Weapons Business-- And Why It Shouldn't

Kenneth D. Bergeron, PhD.

 

2:50 Stretch Break

 

3:00 The Myth of the Millirem a fantasy: the Dept. of Energy’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on Release of Radioactively Contaminated Materials for Unrestricted Reuse – Dr. Judith Johnsrud, Mary Fox Olson and Diane D’Arrigo

 

4:00 A Choice of Break-Out Sessions on WHAT ANYONE CAN DO to reduce and prevent radiological exposure in our community and our region. Southeast action groups on nuclear transport, plutonium fuel production and use, new bomb production, new reactor siting, nuclear waste, old reactor start-up and license extension, uranium enrichment, tritium production and more.

 

Times and places to be announced – speakers include:

 

Glenn Carroll – Georgians Against Nuclear Energy

Michael Mariotte -- Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Anne Harris -- We The People

Ralph Hutchison -- Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance

Jim Warren -- NC WARN

Ed Arnold -- PSR Atlanta

Joanne Steele – Action for a Clean Environment

Janet Zeller -- Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

And representatives of the Carolina Peace Resource Center and Women’s Action for New Directions

As well as Steve Leeper just back from Hiroshima, Bob Del Tredici and Dr. Helen Caldicott

 

5:15 Closing Remarks – Mary Fox Olson and Dr. Lew Patrie

 

Info on line at http://www.main.nc.us/psr/rads/radconf.htm Or call 828-675-1792

 

Sponsoring Organizations: 

Nuclear Information and Resource Service

Physicians for Social Responsibility of Western North Carolina

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom / Asheville

The Environmental Studies Department of the University of North Carolina, Asheville

Western North Carolina Peace Coalition

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

Carolina Peace Resource Center

Georgians for Clean Energy

Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance

NC WARN

Action for a Clean Environment

Women’s Action for New Directions

Physicians for Social Responsibility / Atlanta

Georgians Against Nuclear Energy

Clean Water Fund for North Carolina

 To view registration form as a separate page for printing go HERE . To add your formal registration in the final weeks approaching the conference you can contact Mary Olson at this email radconf@yahoo.com which is setup specifically for this conference. If you prefer Plain Text Registration form go there to copy and paste into an email notification.

PREREGISTRATION FORM  -- (As of 10/5, please send Registration by Email, as indicated above and we will receive your payment at the door – please register now!