Open Space, Lok Vigyan Sanghatana, PRAYAS, SOPPECOM and CEE

Invite you to a talk cum discussion on

Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Weapons Issues for an informed public debate

The talk will primarily address issues such as the questionable nature of the hypothesis of nuclear deterrence and the possibilities of accidental nuclear war, the issues that bear upon nuclear energy policy are the economics of nuclear power, the safety of nuclear reactors, and the impacts on public health and the environment from the nuclear fuel cycle.

by Dr. M. V. Ramana Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Environment and Development (CISED) Bangalore

at Open Space 5th Floor, Venu Madhav, Lane opp Income Tax Office 14th Lane, Prabhat Road, Pune 411004 Ph: 25457371

date and time 12 January (Wednesday), 2005; at 6.00 p.m. (The programme is expected to be over by 8 p.m.)

Dr. M. V. Ramana Dr. Ramana, a physicist by training, is currently a Fellow at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development (CISED), Bangalore. He obtained his M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and his Ph.D. from Boston University, U.S.A. He has held research positions at the University of Toronto, Canada, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton University, U.S.A. He has taught at Boston, Princeton and Yale Universities. His broad research interests are in the area of energy and environment. He specializes in studying the Indian nuclear energy and weapons programmes. Currently he is examining the economic viability and environmental impacts of the Indian nuclear power programme. He is actively involved in the peace and anti-nuclear movements, and is associated with the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace as well as Abolition-2000, a global network to abolish nuclear weapons. With C. Rammanohar Reddy, he is co-editor of the book, “Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream”, published by Orient Longman in 2003. He writes regularly on this issue both in academic journals and popular press.