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International Symposium on the Truth of the
Fukushima Nuclear Accident and
the Myth of Nuclear Safety
Dates: August 30 & 31, 2012
Venue: Tokyo University Komaba Campus, Japan
Organizer:
Steering Committee of "International Symposium on the Truth of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident and the Myth of Nuclear Safety"
Cooperating Groups:
Group of Concerned Scientists and Engineers Calling for the Closure of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant,
Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center (CNIC),
Center for Sustainable Development Research, Graduate Program on Human Security, University of Tokyo,
Union for Alternative Pathways in Science & Technology (APAST), The Takagi Fund for Citizen Science
Program
August 30
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August 31
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Opening Remarks
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Session 3: Japan’s Nuclear Policy and
Formation of the Safety Myth
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| 9:30
~ 9:40 |
Steering Committee: Kotaro Kuroda (Chair)
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9:30 ~ 12:30 |
Speakers
Hitoshi Yoshioka
(Science historian, member of government Investigation Committee on the
Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station of Tokyo Electric Power
Company)
Philip White (Ph.D student at Adelaide University (Australia), former
International Liaison Officer of Citizens’ Nuclear Information Center)
Coordinator
Harutoshi Funabashi
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| Session 1: What Happened at the Fukushima
Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant |
Session 4: The State of Nuclear Science and
Technology |
| 9:40
~ 12:00 |
Speakers
Mitsuhiko Tanaka
(Former nuclear power plant designer, member of the Diet Investigation
Commission on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Plants)
Arnie Gundersen (Chief engineer of Fairewinds Associates)
Coordinator
Hiromitsu Ino
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13:30 ~ 16:30 |
Speakers
Tetsuya Takahashi (Philosopher)
Miranda Schreurs (Professor of Freie Universität Berlin)
Satoru Ikeuchi (Physicist)
Coordinator
Makoto Maruyama
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| 13:00
~ 15:00 |
Speaker
Katsuhiko Ishibashi (Seismologist, member of the Diet Investigation Commission on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Plants)
Coordinator
Yukio Yamaguchi
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Session 2: Current Status of Radioactive
Contamination
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Session 5: Summing Up – from the
Perspective of Scientists and Technologists
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| 15:30
~ 18:00 |
Speaker
Tetsuji Imanaka (Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute)
Coordinator
Komei Hosokawa
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17:00
~ 18:00 |
Steering Committee: Kotaro Kuroda (Chair)
Tamotsu Sugenami (Secretary
General)
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| 18:30
~
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Social
gathering
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Contact information: symposium@takagifund.org
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