BRATTLEBORO — More than 80,000 people still cannot return home to their towns in Fukushima, Japan, four years after the beginning of the disasters at the Dai'ichi nuclear reactors there.
On Saturday, March 14, the Safe and Green Campaign will host three opportunities for area residents to honor the evacuees of Fukushima.
At noon, a six-mile walk will start at Vermont Yankee in Vernon to Pliny Park in Brattleboro.
At 2:30 p.m., a vigil will be held at the park to honor the ghost towns of Fukushima, with a focus on Namie, a town similar in distance and size to Brattleboro and Vernon.
At 4 p.m., a presentation, “Nuclear Power: From Cradle to Grave,” will be held in the parlor of the Centre Congregational Church, 123 Main St.
Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear will give an update on Fukushima and a presentation on nuclear waste and dry-cask storage (the grave).
Jennifer Thurston of the Information Network for Responsible Mining in Colorado will give a presentation on uranium mining (the cradle).
Most of the program will be filled with questions and answers, as well as audience discussion.