Chernobyl Symposium and Commemoration

A Special Program of Information and Remembrance

About the World’s Worst Accident With Nuclear Power

This Program is Free and Open to the Public

 

The Evergreen State College

Olympia, Washington

Thursday, April 26, 2007

1:30 – 4:45 PM: Library Fourth Floor

5:00 – 5:55 PM, No-host Dinner at the Greenery

6:00 – 8:00 PM: Recital Hall, Communications Building

 

On April 26, 1986, an explosion destroyed one of four nuclear reactors at Chernobyl.  It was a catastrophe for Ukraine and Belarus.  Serious damage occurred in Russia.  Scores were killed quickly, untold thousands will sicken in the future, and hundreds of thousands of people had to abandon their homes and towns.  Vast areas remain contaminated with radioactive debris to this day.  This accident has affected the view of nuclear power ever since, and it may have contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

 

Despite the horrific nature of the accident, we can learn important lessons about recovery from adversity, and the resilience of the human spirit inspires great hope.  We commemorate the 21^st anniversary of this event through science, history, art, and music.

 

SCHEDULE

 

1:30 PM                                   Welcome—Library 4300, Evans Library

1:45 PM                                   Professor David Marples, “The Debate over the Consequences of the Chernobyl Disaster,” Library 4300, Evans Library

3:00 PM                                   Break

3:20 PM                                   Professor Scott Davis, “Twenty Years after Chernobyl: Is There an Excess of Cancer?” Library 4300, Evans Library

4:45 PM                                   Break

5:00 PM                                   Greenery opens for no-host Ukrainian dinner

6:00 PM                                   Documentary film: Chernobyl Heart, by Maryann De Leo, Recital Hall, Communications Building

6: 50 PM                                  Break

7:05 PM                                   Introduction to Slavic sacred music, by Pat Krafcik, Recital Hall, Communications Building

7:15 PM                                   Requiem for the Victims of Chornobyl, by Roman Hurko, performed by The Evergreen Singers, led by Marla Elliott, Recital Hall, Communications Building

7:45 PM                                   Closure and Refreshments on the Mezzanine, Communications Building

 

10:00 AM – 6:00 PM               Photographic Exhibit—Gallery IV, Evans Library

                                                Exhibits in the Library

 

 

This event is co-sponsored by the academic programs: Energy Matters; The Evergreen Singers; Russia and Eurasia; Sustainable Futures