Dr. Henry Kissinger recently published an article in the Wall Street Journal in which he called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons because they are too dangerous. Prof. Ernest Sternglass has been warning that nuclear power plants are also too dangerous, not only because they form tempting targets, such as to produce plutonium to make nuclear weapons, but also because they can produce the same highly toxic radioactive fission products as nuclear weapons when they detonate, some of which are released into the environment and cause serious damage to human.
We are inviting you to his presentation, at which he will discuss the evidence at the development of nuclear energy that was believed to be a great hope for the future of human civilization has unfortunately produced an unexpectedly large increase in cancer and other diseases
Professor Sternglass has been a pioneer in warning about the danger of low level radiation. He will present a historical overview of the correlation between the increase in nuclear energy generated and the increase in disease. He will argue that the latest generation of nuclear plants advertised as safer than the existing ones will present the same danger for human life and health because of the permitted daily release of fission products into the air and water. Thus we must end the construction of new nuclear plants and convert the existing ones to operate with natural gas until sufficient alternative energy sources such as wind and solar power are developed.
An additional reason to end the use of nuclear power is very large recent increase in cost of construction that make them uneconomic, as well as they do not solve the problem of climate warning since a great deal of carbon dioxide gas is emitted in mining, transportation and extraction of uranium from the ore, as well as the enrichment needed to obtain the type of uranium that is fissionable. Another unresolved problem is the final storage of the long-lived highly radioactive solid waste that must be safely stored for thousands of years, so that alternative sources of energy that use no fuel and produce no toxic waste such as the wind and the sun are clearly the energy sources for the future of life on our planet.
PROGRAM:
- July 16, 2008, 19:00, Hall A, Municipality Krško,
- July 17, 2008, 15:00, Hall of the National Council of Republic of Slovenia
- July 18, 2008, 9:30, Miklošič Hall of the University of Maribor.
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE.
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