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Saturday, April 26, 2008 22 th "birthday" of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl
Everywhere in France has held the action
"Masks for Chernobyl Day" and many other actions
1 0:30: Screening of a documentary film on consequences of Chernobyl: Right Hall of City Hall.
Corsica lies Chernobyl. Duration 52 minutes.
4H 1: Gathering in front of the prefecture. The action will to wear a mask and remain motionless as long as you can. Wreath laying ceremony in memory of victims past, present and future civil nuclear and military.
16h: Broadcasting documentary film on the aftermath of Chernobyl. Room Right of City Hall.
The Forgotten Novozybkov. Duration: 17 minutes
The sun and death. Duration: 82 minutes
18h: The sun and death.
To mark the 22th "anniversary" of the Chernobyl disaster, Saturday, April 26, 2008, a group of activists involved in the international day of mobilization against nuclear coordinated by the Réseau "Sortir du nucléaire", a tribute to the thousands of victims of the worst industrial accident in history, and all the nameless victims of the atom.
Everywhere in France and Europe, demonstrators wearing the same mask will remain motionless in front of civilian and military nuclear sites, company headquarters pronuclear, ministries, prefectures, town halls, etc..
The operation, called "Masks for Chernobyl Day", intended to recall that two decades later, the Chernobyl disaster is still valid. And it will remain so, alas, for centuries.
If the nuclear lobby and politicians who support it argue that, more than 20 years later, Chernobyl is now ancient history, one might think, instead, it is important not forget this tragedy:
· because it is likely to recur as a single plant will be running somewhere on the planet,
· because far from a done deal, the Chernobyl disaster shows health consequences worsen from year to year, with a lot of cancers in adults and children, genetic malformations ...
TODAY 'Even today, millions of people continue to live in fact in most affected areas and consume
contaminated agricultural products, especially cesium. Suddenly, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, life expectancy decreases, contrary to what happens in the rest of Europe.
The 435 nuclear reactors currently in service on the planet are aging and will be closed in coming years. Rather than build new ones to replace them and thus perpetuate the atomic peril, both civilian and military, contrary to enjoy this environment to hasten the end of this technology exceeded and to invest heavily around the world in renewable energy.
Network "Sortir du nucléaire" has created a dedicated website for this international day of mobilization:
http:// www.chernobylday.org/
Network "Sortir du nucléaire" - Federation of 820 organizations