Fukushima Anniversary - One Year On

Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 13:00

Thursday 8th March, 1-2pm
Join us on the lawns of parliament house, Hobart on Thursday the 8th of March between 1.00pm and 2.00pm as we remember the victims of the tsunami and the subsequent and on going victims of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.
The 11th March marks the first anniversary of the nuclear disaster, but we will be gathering on the 8th of March.
The event has been organised by Hobart Greens Alderman Bill Harvey.
Speakers will include:
Greens MP Cassy O'Connor
Dave Sweeney Nuclear campaigner ACF

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Poem you all might appreciate:

The Nuclear Apprentice.

Apprentice in the shop alone,
Thinks since Meister went for the day,
He'll have some magic go his way.

I will make power he atones,
I can take this nuclear fuel,
And put it in a water pool.

Steam will rise,
And turn a blade,
Easy way this power is made.

There were things he did not surmise,
And much he did not consider,
For retrospect made him bitter.

Geisters from the closet,
he called on for detail,
Without thought on what they entail.

Next thing you know he lost his bet,
Radiation flew all about.
Humbled apprentice lost his clout.

Meister the situation is grave,
The geisters that I bid,
Now I can't get rid.

Meister looked sad for this even he could not save.
Nuclear Geisters are not his to command,
Atomic power is something for only the good Father's hand.

This take on the famous ballad unfortunately ends differently than Goethe's original work. Nuclear powers are not brooms, and have no closets to go back to. The message should be clear especially to those who promote the proliferation of commercial nuclear power. One must heed to the dangers of nuclear energy.

Best Regards,
Robert from the USA.