Sunday, May 22, 2011

Nuclear meltdowns spark questions in Alaska

http://kasenna.uaa.alaska.edu/~tnl/?video-post=nuclear-meltdowns-spark-questions-in-alaska
Nuclear meltdowns spark questions in Alaska
By Joshua Tucker | 02 May 2011


Speaking on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Yup'iaq biologist Carl Wassilie called for a community dialogue on the dangers of nuclear energy. The ongoing meltdown of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, which began when an earthquake rocked the region on March eleventh, created a troubling parallel for audience members, The presentation was part of an ongoing series hosted in the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Bookstore.