BRATTLEBORO — The New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution will hold its annual meeting on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the River Garden on Main Street.
The schedule will include snacks and socializing, the business meeting, including presenting lifetime achievement awards to Arnie and Maggie Gundersen from Burlington and to Judi and Lou Friedman from Canton, Conn.
The main speaker will be Gordon Edwards from Montreal. He is president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility and will speak on radiological waste issues.
A dinner will be held following the presentation, with RSVP requested to Carol Levin at 802-258-1482.
On Friday, Sept. 25, NEC will present a film festival on nuclear topics at the Sunnyside Solar Store at 499 Marlboro Road in West Brattleboro from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Four films will be shown:
• 10:30 a.m., Quietly Into Disaster (116 minutes). Based on the bestselling book by Holgar Strahm.
• 1 p.m., “Nuclear Deception” (30 minutes). Excerpts from the Nuclear Power and Children's Health Symposium.
• 1:45 p.m., American Meltdown (90 minutes). Filmed at the recently shutdown San Onofre Nuclear Plant in California.
• 3:30 p.m., “Everything in our Power!” (45 minutes). Decommissioning the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, with Ray Shadis and Friends of the Coast.
The public may come to any or all of the films. Donations are requested.