One year after 3/11

Documentation

• Kawasaki Akira - The Fukushima Nuclear Accident and Japanese Public Opinion (JP) (EN)
• Mycle Schneider - The Status of Nuclear Power in the World
• Aileen Mioko Smith - Japan A Deadly Combination of Earthquakes and Nuclear Power
• Jan Beranek - Sustainable Energy Future
• Keith Baverstock -The Fukushima accident- source term and consequences
• Masashi Goto Earthquake, Tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi NPP Accident ©Masashi Goto, Unauthorized reproduction prohibited
  
  

• Watch the video of the commemorative action
• Watch the recorded livestream of the conference
  (Audio: Original, EN, DE, FR)

• Watch the introduction video (EN)

PROGRAMME (All times are local)

6 March 2012 – 18:30 - Film screening

Welcome

World Premiere of "Recits de Fukushima" ("Stories from Fukushima") by Alain de Halleux

• Video: Récits de Fukushima - Bande-annonce (FR)

"Mapping Fukushima" by Kiyoshi Nanasawa et. al. Followed by debate.

Hosted by Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament and Michèle Rivasi, MEP
With remarks of Kenichi Hasegawa, Leader of Maeda district, Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture

7 March 2012 - all day - conference

10:00-10:15

Welcome and Introduction

Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament:

10:15-10:45

Special Keynote Speech

Eisaku SATO, former governor of the Fukushima Prefecture
A man-made disaster – About origins and responsibilities

10:45- 12:30

The Fukushima Disaster and Impacts

• Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament: Moderation
• Masashi Goto, Dr. of Engineering, University Lecturer, former Toshiba reactor designer
  Accident Origin: earthquake or tsunami? The current state on site: Stabilization, really?
  
• Kenichi Hasegawa, Leader of Maeda district, Iitate village, Fukushima Prefecture
  Consequences for life in the Fukushima region
  
• Keith Baverstock, Docent in the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Eastern Finland: Source term and exposure limits
• Aileen Mioko Smith, Board Member of Green Action
  Environmental impacts, food safety, information policy and the role of NGOs

12:30-14:00
Lunch break

14:00-16:00

Consequences of the Disaster in Japan, Europe and the World

• Yannick Jadot, MEP: Moderation
• Steve Thomas, Professor of Energy Studies, University of Greenwich
  Economics of nuclear power
  
• Gueorgui Kastchiev, senior scientist at the University of Vienna, former head of the Bulgarian Nuclear Safety Authority
  Nuclear safety

Nuclear propaganda and public opinion

• Bart Staes, MEP: Moderation
• Akira Kawasaki, Peace Boat Executive Committee member
  
• Eloi Glorieux, nuclear campaigner Greenpeace Belgium

Impact in selected countries

• Mycle Schneider, Independent Consultant on Energy and Nuclear Policy
  Overview and outlook

16:00-17:30

Sustainable Energy Future - Get it done!

• Bart Staes, MEP: Moderation
• Claude Turmes, MEP: What has to be done on the political level

• Which challenges, which opportunities
  
• Eddie O'Connor, COE Mainstream Renewable Power
• Aileen Mioko Smith, Executive Director of Green Apple
• Tobias Münchmeyer, Polical Unit Deputy Director Greenpeace Germany
• Jan Beránek, Head of Nuclear Campaign Greenpeace International

17:30

Conclusion

• Bas Eickhout, MEP

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