More Information: Coalition Against Nukes

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to show our government how democracy works!

Why should you join us?

The entire fuel cycle from the mining and milling of uranium to nuclear energy production, waste and use of weaponry contaminates all life forms forever. Ongoing exposure to radioactive contaminants causes chronic and terminal conditions, such as cancer, thyroid and heart diseases, miscarriage, birth defects and genetic damage.

Did you know…?

• 1/3 of Americans live within 50 miles of a nuclear reactor; 23 of our 104 reactors have the same flawed design as those in Fukushima Daiichi that melted down.
• There are regular and allowable releases of radiation from nuclear power reactors despite the fact that there is no “safe” dose of radiation, only “acceptable” thresholds that our government keeps arbitrarily raising.
• Children are most vulnerable to harm from radiation and women are 50% more vulnerable than men.
• Nuclear bombs are made from fuel created from waste products in nuclear reactors. That’s why every nuclear reactor is a potential bomb factory.
• The U.S and other countries are using nuclear weapons in the form of depleted uranium reprocessed from nuclear power reactors and deployed in military conflicts around the world. There is nothing “peaceful” about nuclear energy.
• Radioactive waste is deadly for more than 240,000 years.
• Uranium mining poisons miners and families by contaminating surrounding lands, scarce water supplies and the air they breathe.
• Your homeowner’s insurance does not cover damage from nuclear accidents.

Agenda

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   SEP
   20
   THU
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      Capitol Rally for a Nuke Free Future! @ Capitol Reflecting Pool

      11:30 am – 2:00 pm

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      Categories: ACTION

      Please download and read: Code of Conduct for attending an event on United States Capitol Grounds (PDF)

      

      Speakers include:

      Jim Riccio, Greenpeace USA	Cathy Iwane, Concerned Mother and Evacuee of Japan &Wakayama Ladies Against Nukes
      Gary Shaw, Indian Point Safe Energy Coalition (IPSEC)	Susan Hito Shapiro, Radiation and Public Health Project &Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
      Courtney Hansen, Georgia Wand & Stop Plant Vogtle	Lou Zeller, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
      David Kraft, Nuclear Energy Information Service	Mali Martha Lightfoot, Helen Caldicott Foundation
      Mandy Hancock, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy	Diane D’Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) & Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network, Sierra Club No Nukes Campaign
      Kristen Iversen, kristeniversen.com	Leslie March, Sierra Club
      Chris Williams, SAGE Alliance	Terry Lodge, Esq, representative of antinuclear intervenors in Ohio and Michigan
      Kendra Ulrich, Friends of the Earth	Nancy Burton, Esq, Connecticut Coalition Against Millstone
      Mary Stamos, Founding Member of Three Mile Island Alert Health Committee	Nan Laney, Independently Monitoring International Radiation Readings
      Gene Stone, Residents Organized for a Safe Environment (ROSE)	Iori Mochizuki, Fukushima Diary
      Michael Leonardi, Coalition Against Nukes and Toledo Coalition for Safe Energy

      According to Helen Caldicott: Insufficient as it is, even the National Academy of Sciences BEIR V11 Report, widely accepted as the industry standard, clearly states:

      • There is no safe dose of ionizing radiation. Any exposure can trigger cancer.
      • Although the reasons are not yet clearly understood, women and children are 
significantly more vulnerable.
      • Women are 40-60% more likely to get cancer than men, given the same exposure. 
They are about 50% (half again) more likely to acquire a fatal cancer from this exposure. This means that for every two men who die of radiation related cancer, three women will die given a similar exposure.
      • Children between the ages of 0-5 are more vulnerable than all adults, both men and women. But what is almost never discussed, also from the BEIR V11 Report, is that in this age group little girls are twice as vulnerable as boys. This means that for every boy, there will be two girls who will acquire a fatal or non-fatal cancer.

      This is truly shocking, and when applied to the situation in Japan leads to a horrifying vision of the future. But, the fact is, these same numbers have been found for exposure to tritium and other radioisotopes, released from every nuclear reactor legally and illegally. Furthermore, the industry’s denial that clusters of childhood leukemia exist around nuclear reactors has been refuted by a number of current studies that have found these clusters DO exist. This includes the recent KiKK Study from Germany, and the Geocap study in France.

      If actuarial figures were holographs, we would start to see the people of Japan begin to fade before our eyes, with disproportionate vulnerability. For every two men, three women disappearing from the future, lost to cancers and radiation-related disease. For every adult, there will be disproportionately more children. For every boy, twice as many little girls… vanishing. This is a powerful image.

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      Congressional Briefing @ Cannon House Office Building – Room 121

      2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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      Congressman Dennis Kucinich
      “It it is very difficult for me to sit here today and to listen objectively as the NRC and nuclear industry lobbyists tell us how much has been spent, and how much security has improved… . The facts and the independent experts tell us differently.”

      This briefing for our representatives, sponsored byRepresentative Dennis Kucinich’s congressional office, has several aims. We hope to live-cast the briefing, or make a video available afterwards as the 60 or so seats will be allocated to representatives first.

      1. It is meant to focus attention on the medical effects of radiation exposure.
      2. Call for the phase out of nuclear power beginning with the rapid closure of Mark I and Mark 2 boiling water reactors in the US, in concert with plans to meet our energy needs through conservation, efficiency and renewable energy sources. We also call for the decommissioning of any reactors with serious safety concerns or located in a seismic/tsunami prone area.
      3. It is meant to heighten the focus on the continuing catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan and especially in regards to spent fuel pool in the number 4 Reactor which will hopefully still be intact by September and this in relation to our unresolved issue of nuclear waste disposal here in the United States
      4. Moderator: Brent Blackwelder, emeritus president ofFriends of the Earth
      5. Speakers
         1. Mitsuhei Murata, Japan’s former Ambassador to Switzerland
         2. Arjun Makhijani, author of Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy and world renowned nuclear expert will also be speaking.
         3. Dr. Catherine Thomasson, Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility
         4. Mariko Bender will make a passionate appeal on behalf of Children of Fukushima  and the World Network for Saving Children From Radiation.
         5. Arnie Gundersen will update us and answer questions about the Fukushima catastrophe and reactor in relation to our own nuclear plans.
         6. Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear will address the dangers of the GE Mark 1 and Mark 2 reactor designs.
         7. Michael Mariotte of NIRS will provide testimony on the state of our decrepit Nuclear fleet in the United States.
         8. Alice Slater of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation will address the relationship between Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy.
         9. S. David Freeman, senior advisor with Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign

      Click here to read the complete list of speaker bios.

      We need to mobilize the grassroots to lobby their congress people to attend with letters, phone calls and petitions during this period. C.A.N. will send a formal letter of invitation to all congressional members. Dennis Kucinich, whose office reserved the room for us will send a dear colleagues letter closer to the event and we are lobbying other congressional representatives to do the same.

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      Busboys and Poets Fundraiser! Live Music and Speakers @ Busboys and Poets

      8:00 pm – 11:00 pm

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      This Fundraising evening of NO Nukes camaraderie will be co-hosted by C.A.N. founder and director Priscilla Star and C.A.N. Campaign Coordinator Michael Leonardi, and Harvey Wasserman, author of Solartopia. Special guests will include… Iori Mochizuki, the creator of Fukushima Diary Kristen Iversen, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats and Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth Michael Mariotte, NIRS executive director Jim Riccio, Greenpeace, Nuclear Policy Analyst Live Music will include The Insurgency from Detroit, Michigan. Libbe Halevy will supply musical levity by taking the stage to sing two original satiric songs. This event will expose the ongoing media blackout of Nuclear issues around the world and honor journalism with courage. There will be hors d’oevres and a cash bar.

      Entrance fee – $25. Space is limited to 100 people. Purchase your tickets in advance:    # of Tickets  1 $25.00 USD 2 $50.00 USD 3 $75.00 USD 4 $100.00 USD 5 $125.00 USD 6 $150.00 USD 7 $175.00 USD 8 $200.00 USD 9 $225.00 USD 10 $250.00 USD

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   SEP
   21
   FRI
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      A Message of Healing and Affirmation @ Museum of the American Indian

      10:00 am – 12:00 pm

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      The Museum of the American Indian will host attendees of the Rally for a Nuclear Free Future at a ceremony to acknowledge the effects of the nuclear fuel cycle on Native American lands.

      Uranium mining and milling have taken a huge toll on Native American health and has cost many lives. In this solemn ceremony, we will remember our innate connection with the Natural World, offer thanks for our shared vision of a nuclear-free future, and acknowledge the injustice perpetrated on Native Lands.

      

      The National Museum of the American Indian

      A tour of the museum will follow the ceremony.

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      Rally: NO NUKES – NO WAR / Occupy the NRC @ NRC Headquarters

      2:00 pm – 5:00 pm

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      Rally NO NUKES NO WAR!! / Occupy The NRC @ 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, This will include a peaceful protest outside the building and a public meeting inside the building if possible. This Rally will have a NO NUKES/NO WAR theme and is taking place on what the United Nations has designated as the International Day of Peace or “Peace Day”. Speakers will address radiation and public health, the NRC’s reclassifying of depleted uranium to be used for weapons making, uranium mining and enrichment, nuclear weapons and war, and the relationship between the nuclear energy industry and the war machine.  Confirmed speakers for this historic demonstration include Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Sierra Club environmental justice organizer and native Rights Activist Robert Tohe, Congressional Fellow for the Physicians for a

      National Health Program Dr. Margaret Flowers,  War is a Crime.org peace activist David Swanson, Its Our Economy activist Kevin Zeese and grassroots voices from across the country from Vermont Yankee to Indian Point to North Anna to Palisades to Davis Besse to Fermi to Hanford to San Onofre and beyond! The rally will also address the NRC’s reclassifying of depleted uranium to be used for weapons making, uranium mining and enrichment, nuclear weapons and war, and the relationship between the nuclear energy industry and the war machine. 2pm – 5pm (confirmed)

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      An Evening Rendezvous with No Nukes Films @ Letelier Theater

      6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

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      Tags: CAN rally film screening. no nukes letelier theater radioactivists the atomic states of america

       

      The Letelier Theater has been described as a hidden gem in the heart of Georgetown. The theater boasts an outdoor courtyard where folks that just want to chat, eat some food or have a drink and mingle can relax. After a busy and boisterous day including a Native American ceremony and protesting the NRC headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, we will have a wonderful chance to view two excellent new films on nuclear issues in the United States and Japan. The film screenings will be followed by a short discussion.

       

      Please note: Theater seating is limited to 90 seats, and seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive early to secure your ticket (limited to one per person). If you don’t get to watch the films, just chill, network, socialize and make new friends in the reception area and the beautiful courtyard adjacent to the theater. Refreshments will be served.

       

      Schedule 
      6:30 pm Doors open

       

      7:00 pm Radioactivists (72 mins.)

       

      8:30 pm Atomic States of America (92 mins.)

       

      10:05 pm Discussion, Q & A

       

      

      Radioactivists is an exploration of the new protest culture in Japan and how it has developed in relation to the Fukushima disaster and its social and political ramifications in Japan and around the world.
      
      
      
      
       

       

      The Atomic States of America explores the ripple effects created by the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns in the United States and the renewed debate on the safety of nuclear energy being brought to the forefront by events such as this one.  The film takes us to reactor communities across the country and poses the question of whether or not man can responsibly split the atom.

      Following the screening, attendees will learn how they can host screenings of this documentary in their community to help inspire informed discussion and action on the future of nuclear power the U.S.
      
      
      
      SEATING FOR THE FILMS IS LIMITED AND AVAILABLE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS!!! 

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   SEP
   22
   SAT
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      Strategy Session @ Washington Theological Union

      9:30 am – 5:00 pm

       

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      Facilitators Lou Zeller Linda Seely Kathleen Sullivan Among those participating include: Paul Gunter Courtney Hanson Diane Curran Diane D’Arrigo Gary Shaw Mandy Hancock Schedule   WHEN:  Back to CalendarSeptember 22, 2012 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm WHERE: Washington Theological Union 6896 Laurel Street Northwest Washington DC 20012                                                 Map data ©2012 Google - Terms of Use Report a map error     Map Satellite View Full-Size Map  ✔ Add to Calendar Add to Google Calendar COST: $15.00 CONTACT: info@coalitionagainstnukes.org