[Antiracism] *THREE DAYS OF FASTING -- Remembering Chernobyl*

[Harvey Schaktman]

PRESS ALERT

FMI- Contact - Deb Katz 413-339-5781

Email to -   Deb at nukebusters.org <mailto:Deb at nukebusters.org>

*THREE DAYS OF FASTING --  Remembering Chernobyl*

Wells Fountain, Main St, Brattleboro, VT, (in front of the District 
Court House) &
six miles from the Vermont Yankee reactor 

Tuesday April 25 &
Wednesday April 26 &
Thursday April 27
10  am  -  4  pm

Begining April 25, people will engage in a 3-day fast to commemorate 
the Chernobyl nuclear reactor's cataclysmic accident on April 26, 
1986; the group of fasters is calling for shutting down Vermont 
Yankee and replacing it with safe and sustainable energy.

This is the twentieth anniversary of the catastrophic accident at the 
Chernobyl reactor in the Ukraine, Russia. Due to human error, the #4 
reactor exploded releasing over 400 times more radioactivity than was 
released at Hiroshima. The initial explosion returned to earth as 
radioactive rain. The destroyed hulk burned for ten days, 
contaminating tens of thousands of square miles and forced a million 
people from their homes.

Health and clean-up costs from the accident are estimated to cost 
hundreds of billions of dollars and have still not been completed. 
Many thousands of contaminated square miles are still uninhabitable. 
The radioactive remains of #4 reactor continues to smolder beneath 
the sarcophagus, a decaying concrete-and steel-crypt that now 
threatens to collapse.  Within this decaying shelter an estimated 200 
tons of nuclear fuel remain and continue to threaten the surrounding 
environment with dangerous levels of radioactive contaminants 
entering the air and water.

"This nuclear nightmare created by simple human error stands as a 
warning. There is no remedy for this accident. There is no way to 
prevent human error. And there is no safe way to store high level 
radioactive waste for tens of thousands of years," said Hattie Nestel.
  "For these reasons I advocate closing Vermont Yankee, a 34 yr old 
dangerous reactor threatening the health and safety of all New 
England.  In its place I envision communities developing conservation 
to decrease our energy needs and   local, clean, affordable, safe and 
sustainable energy.  I am initiating a three-day, water only  fast. 
On April 25, 26 and 27 from 10am until 4pm I will be in front of the 
Wells Fountain on Main St. in Brattleboro, which is less than 6 miles 
from the Vermont Yankee reactor and I invite everyone to join me."

Sincerely, Hattie Nestel, Athol, MA

Hattieshalom at verizon.net <mailto:Hattieshalom at verizon.net>




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an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human 
beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is 
itself a marvelous victory."  ................. Howard Zinn
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