1. ‘Beyond Nuclear’ Conference
Mechanics Institute
Manchester
19th March 2016

2. Aims & objectives
To commemorate the Fukushima & Chernobyl anniversaries
To understand better the ongoing impacts of both disasters
To bring the latest science on the disasters to a wider audience
To open up the UK and European nuclear policy debate
To highlight and promote the alternatives to nuclear power and fossil fuels for a low carbon future
To understand how the UK can pursue renewable energy alternatives from other European energy models

3. Session 1 – the international debate on new nuclear
Chaired by Councillor Kate Chappell
Manchester City Council Executive Member for the Environment
Sean Morris, UK & Ireland NFLA Secretary
Messages from Mikhail Gorbachev and Naoto Kan
Linda Pentz Gunter, Beyond Nuclear, USA
How can we go ‘beyond nuclear’ around the world?
David Reinberger, Vienna Ombus-Office & CNFE, Vienna City Council
The Austrian legal challenge to the European Commission on Hinkley C

4. Session 2 – health & ecological impacts of Fukushima & Chernobyl
Chaired by Dr Helen Wallace
Executive Director of GeneWatch
Dr Ian Fairlie, Independent consultant on radiation in the environment
Health effects after the Chernobyl & Fukushima nuclear disasters: a comparison
Dr Keith Baverstock, University of Eastern Finland
What underpins the health effects of radiation at low doses: mutation or genomic instability
Professor Tim Mousseau, University of South Carolina
Do nuclear disasters generate a ‘Garden of Eden’ for wildlife? Lessons from the Chernobyl & Fukushima disasters

5. Session 3 – Developing strategy and moving forward
Chaired by Councillor Rilba Jones
Executive Member for Health & Equalities, Hull City Council
Professor Keith Barnham, Imperial College London
The Burning Question – delivering a UK renewables revolution
Reinhard Uhrig, Global 2000 / Friends of the Earth Austria
The Austrian energy debate and why it has embraced renewables
Dr Angelika Claussen, IPPNW Germany
Germany’s ‘Energiewende’ and how it is delivering a renewable revolution