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Beyond Nuclear: Understanding the Impacts and Exploring Alternatives

Join us at the Beyond Nuclear conference in Manchester to commemorate the Fukushima and Chernobyl anniversaries, discuss the ongoing impacts of both disasters, and explore alternatives to nuclear power for a low carbon future. This conference aims to bring the latest science on the disasters to a wider audience and open up the UK and European nuclear policy debate. Don't miss this opportunity to understand how the UK can pursue renewable energy alternatives from other European energy models.

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Beyond Nuclear: Understanding the Impacts and Exploring Alternatives

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  1. ‘Beyond Nuclear’ Conference Mechanics Institute Manchester 19th March 2016

  2. Aims & objectives • To commemorate the Fukushima & Chernobyl anniversaries • To understand better the ongoing impacts of both disasters • To bring the latest science on the disasters to a wider audience • To open up the UK and European nuclear policy debate • To highlight and promote the alternatives to nuclear power and fossil fuels for a low carbon future • To understand how the UK can pursue renewable energy alternatives from other European energy models

  3. Session 1 – the international debate on new nuclear Chaired by Councillor Kate Chappell Manchester City Council Executive Member for the Environment Sean Morris, UK & Ireland NFLA Secretary Messages from Mikhail Gorbachev and Naoto Kan Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, USA How can we go ‘beyond nuclear’ around the world? David Reinberger, Vienna Ombus-Office & CNFE, Vienna City Council The Austrian legal challenge to the European Commission on Hinkley C

  4. Session 2 – health & ecological impacts of Fukushima & Chernobyl Chaired by Dr Helen Wallace Executive Director of GeneWatch Dr Ian Fairlie, Independent consultant on radiation in the environment Health effects after the Chernobyl & Fukushima nuclear disasters: a comparison Dr Keith Baverstock, University of Eastern Finland What underpins the health effects of radiation at low doses: mutation or genomic instability Professor Tim Mousseau, University of South Carolina Do nuclear disasters generate a ‘Garden of Eden’ for wildlife? Lessons from the Chernobyl & Fukushima disasters

  5. Session 3 – Developing strategy and moving forward Chaired by Councillor Rilba Jones Executive Member for Health & Equalities, Hull City Council Professor Keith Barnham, Imperial College London The Burning Question – delivering a UK renewables revolution Reinhard Uhrig, Global 2000 / Friends of the Earth Austria The Austrian energy debate and why it has embraced renewables Dr Angelika Claussen, IPPNW Germany Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ and how it is delivering a renewable revolution

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