To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster…

FATAL FALLOUT

Wednesday April 26, 2006

6:30 - 8:30 pm (doors open at 6:15pm)

The Rutland Free Library's Fox Room

Court Street, Rutland VT

Sponsored by Central Vermont Peace and Justice (www.centralvermontpeace.org)

Free and Open to the Public

Fatal Fallout is a documentary film that examines the potentially catastrophic consequences of a meltdown from a mechanical failure or terrorist attack at a nuclear power plant

Experts have stated that a meltdown or major radioactive release at a nuclear power plant could result in chronic radiation sickness, cancer, or death for tens of thousands of the regions' citizens, and render the surrounding areas permanently uninhabitable.

The film also brings to light the dangers that low-level radiation emissions from the currently 103 operating nuclear power plants across the country pose to the health of people every day, given that populations living near nuclear reactors exhibit higher rates of breast and thyroid cancers, childhood leukemia, lower birth weights and higher infant mortality. Additionally, the documentary offers a hopeful vision for the future in its overview of safe energy alternatives, such as solar and wind.