"A Mountain of Radioactive Waste 70 Years High: Ending the Nuclear Age," Chicago, December 1-3

Please consider attending, and help spread the word about, a quickly approaching event co-sponsored by Beyond Nuclear and Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS) of Chicago: "A Mountain of Radioactive Waste 70 Years High: Ending the Nuclear Age," Chicago, December 1-3.

December 2, 2012 marks the 70th year since Enrico Fermi created the first self-sustaining chain reaction in his prototype reactor during the Manhattan Project to develop nuclear weapons, dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the end of World War Two. Since then, over 67,000 metric tons of high-level radioactive waste have been generated by American commercial atomic reactors, and more than 10,000 metric tons of high-level radioactive wastes have been generated by the U.S. nuclear weapons complex, and we don't even know what to do with Fermi's first cupful.

See a list of confirmed speakers here. See NEIS's conference schedule, as well as registration, travel, and accommodation materials, here. 

As David Kraft of NEIS has asked "What if the Nuclear Industry had a birthday party…and WE showed up?" Find out, by joining us in Chicago for a powerful event.