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The 10-week academy which has been run by the Life and Ethics Committee of the NCCK, is just being completed. The sessions ran every Tuesday for 10 weeks from Jan. 27 until March 31, with wrap up and graduation taking place on Saturday, April 11. Every week, around 15 people have attended this academy. In this school, the participants learned about nuclear problem in terms of not only environment and health, but also of human right, ethics, peace, economy and policy. The participants are expected to share their growing awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy and need of renewable energy. The fourth lecture especially dealt with nuclear energy from the Christian’s view and looked into the Korean Christians’ activities for the post-nuclear world and also the Statement of WCC “Towards a Nuclear-free World”. The topics dealt with in each session are as follows:
1. Ethics and Logic of Post-Nuclear by Kim Jeong Chul, the Publisher of Green Critics
2. Taiwanese Post Nuclear Activity, a public lecture given at the National Assembly by Hung Sun-han, Vice General Secretary of Green Citizen’s Actions Alliance of Taiwan.
3. The Reality and Prevention of Medical Radiation Exposure, low dose radioactivity and its effect on the body, lecture given by Professor Ju Young Su, a Medical doctor.
4. The Post-Nuclear world in the perspective of Christianity , presented by Rev. Ahn Hong Taek, the Chairperson of the Church Committee, Korean Christian Solidarity on a World without Nuclear.
5. Nuclear Energy and Radiation – a basic introduction, by Choi Mu Young, professor at Seoul National University.
6. Nuclear Power Plant History and how to break our reliance to Nuclear Power Plants – Nuclear and alternatives, given by Yoon Sun Jin, professor at Graduated School of Environmental Studies, Seoul University.
7. “Those who have been Erased”, a historical perspective and reality of the Korean atomic victims living in Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped, given by Professor Han Hong Ku, Seongkonghoe Univertity
8. Local and Community Energy Policies and Self Sufficiency, by Mr. Lee Yoon Jin, the Green Party
9. Overseas cases and lessons on Nuclear waste and spent fuel. Reprocessing facilities and public opinion, by Professor Lee Young Hee, Catholic University
10. Post-Nuclear and Green Energy in the Climate Change Era, delivery by Professor Kim Jeong Yook, Co-representative of Korean Christian Association for Environmental Movement
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