PRIMECo-sponsored Research Forum　Chernobyl and Fukushima: What Questions Do They Continue to Raise?

Radioactive contamination caused by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster continues to affect human health and the environment today. Twenty-five years later, Japan experienced a nuclear accident of a similar scale at Fukushima. What lessons should we now learn from Chernobyl?

Date and Time　　：　Saturday, May 23, 13:30–16:30 *Doors open at 13:00

Venue　　：　Room 1101, 1st Floor, Main Building Meiji Gakuin University, Shirokane Campus

Materials Fee　：　JPY 800

Registration：　Not required

Language：　Japanese

Lectures and Panel Discussion

Hiroaki Koide: What Chernobyl and Fukushima Continue to Ask of Us

Akira Sugenoya: Reflecting on Fukushima Today Through Experience Treating Thyroid Cancer in Belarus

Toshio Yanagihara: Issues Raised in the 3.11 Childhood Thyroid Cancer Lawsuit

Mari Sasaki: Ongoing Chernobyl Relief Activities and Their Significance Today

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Organizer：　Chernobyl Children Fund

Co-organizer：　PRIME (International Peace Research Institute), Meiji Gakuin University

Supporting Organizations：　Future Fukushima Children’s Fund, Chernobyl–Fukushima Medical Fund, and Citizens’ Association for a Japanese Version of the Chernobyl Law

Members of the press wishing to cover this event are requested to contact the organizers in advance using the contact information below.