On Saturday 12th May 2012, more than 200 people, who attended the Forum on Radioprotection, listened to an extremely full programme of speeches and presentations given by speakers from Japan, Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Belgium, Switzerland and France.
“See the abstracts of presentations”
On Sunday 13th May, the speakers from Saturday’s event, joined with politicians, representatives of associations, members of the public and members of IndependentWHO, to discuss the question “What can we do together to ensure that the truth about the health consequences of external radiation and internal radioactive contamination, that result from both the civil and military nuclear industries, are established and recognised ?”
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Saturday 12th May
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9 a.m.: 1. Presentation of the Forum
Moderator: Marc Molitor (Belgium), journalist, author of Chernobyl – past denial, future threat ? Published by Racine-RTBF.be
“Listen to Rémy Pagani (in French)”
“Listen to Paul Roullaud (in French)”
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“Listen to Roland Desbordes (in French)”
“Listen to Paul Lannoye (in French)”
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9:50 a.m.: 2. Panorama of contamination in Japan and the health consequences of Chernobyl
Moderator: André Larivière (Canada) representative of Sortir du Nucléaire to IndependentWHO
“Listen to Alexei Yablokov (in Russian)”
“Listen to Eisuke Matsui (in English)”
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11:25 a.m.:3. Radioprotection against internal contamination
Moderator: Vladimir Tchertkoff (Italy) journalist and author of Le crime de Tchernobyl published by Actes Sud
“Listen to Galina Bandajevskaya (in Russian)”
“Listen to Alexei Nesterenko (in Russian)”
“Listen to Vladimir Babenko (in Russian)”
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2 p.m: 4. Management of the catastrophe by the authorities and its effects on society
Moderator: Eric Peytremann (Switzerland) committee member, ContrAtom
“Listen to Sophie Fauconnier (in French)”
“Listen to Paul Jobin (in French)”
“Listen to Kolin Kobayashi (in French)”
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3:20 p.m.: 5. Civil society : After Chernobyl and Fukushima, NGOs, private individuals, politicians, doctors and independent scientists are busy
Moderator: Marc Molitor (Belgium)
“Listen to Youri Bandajevsky (in Russian)”
“Listen to Wataru Iwata (in English)”
“Listen to Aya Marumori (in English)”
“Listen to Michèle Rivasi (in French)”
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“Listen to Miwa Chiwaki (in Japanese)”
“Listen to Chris Busby (in English)”
“Listen to Michel Fernex (in French)”
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6.00 p.m.: Conclusion
“Listen to Maryvonne David-Jougneau (in French)”
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Sunday May 13
Round-table discussions
Scientists, elected officials, representatives of associations will discuss with
‘Hippocratic vigils’ and citizens :
What can we do together to ensure that the truth about the health
consequences of radioactive contamination, caused by the nuclear industry,
civil and military, is established and recognized? With what common goals?
Through what joint actions ?
Regarding the two principal objectives – that WHO fulfil its constitutional mandate in the area of radiation and health, and that the independent scientific community should have authority in the area of radioprotection for populations – those taking part proposed the following actions :
1- To put pressure, by means of international action (especially the Vigil), on Ministries of Health to bring about a revision of the WHO – IAEA Agreement so that WHO acts completely independently in its duty to protect people against radiation and stops providing the nuclear industry with a clean bill of health.
2- To denounce the current model for the International Commission for Radiological Protection (ICRP) norms and how they are used by States. To demand that the safety standards for the purposes of radiation protection are those formulated by independent scientists including those of the European Committee on Radiation Risks (CERI).
3- To present the problem as a human rights issue and challenge States in the Courts for endangering the safety of populations as a result of so-called ‘normal’ or ‘accidental’ releases of radioactivity by the nuclear industry.
4 – To organise a series of Scientific and Citizen Forums on the Health Consequences of the activities of the civil and military nuclear industries.
In closing the Forum, Professor Matsui called on the international community to put pressure on the Japanese authorities to take action to protect the children of Fukushima and begin evacuating them from the contaminated areas.
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