Chornobyl: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Presentation and Panel Discussion

Saturday May 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm

Chornobyl: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Presentation and Panel Discussion

May 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm

Daniel Hryhorczuk, MD, MPH

Director, Environmental Health

Center for Global Health

University of Illinois College of Medicine

Nicholas Hryhorczuk, PhD

Assistant Professor

College of Health and Human Sciences

Northern Illinois University

Orest Hrynewych, BSEE, MS Nuclear Engineering, MBA

Registered Nuclear Professional Engineer

General Electric Nuclear Research Facility, CA

Reverend Myron Panchuk, M.A

PhD candidate in Depth Counseling psychology,

Adler University Psychology, Pacifica Graduate

On April 26, 1986, at 1:23 am, a failed test during a reactor shutdown caused a reactor meltdown of Unit #4 of the nuclear power station at Chornobyl, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union. The accident and the fire that followed released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment that spread throughout Europe and across the northern hemisphere, including Canada, United States, and the entire world.

Join us in a presentation of Chornobyl: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

• Health effects and impact after 30 years.

• What to do with Chornobyl in the future: Does it have universal value as a dark tourism heritage site?

• The meltdowns at Fukushima and Chornobyl: Comparing and contrasting the causes.

This event is free and open to the public