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In 2004, IRSS Celebrates its 20th year of service!
Our 20th Anniversary and Mission Statement:
On May 13, 2004, IRSS hosted its Anniversary Celebration in Cambridge.
View a Photo Slideshow of the event.
Please take a moment to read IRSS's History and Mission: A 20th Anniversary Statement by Gordon Thompson and Paula Gutlove, March 2004.
June 2004, The next Medical Network international conference, titled Prevention of Violence in Communities, Schools and Other Institutions will take place in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, 2-6 June 2004!!!
March 2004, IRSS technical analysis supports a nationally-significant lawsuit on the security of nuclear facilities.
On 15 March 2004, Mothers for Peace and the Sierra Club submitted a brief to the 9th Circuit of the US Court of Appeals. Related information and a copy of the brief can be obtained from the Mothers for Peace website. The brief argues that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission failed to properly address the potential for malicious acts when it considered plans for additional storage of radioactive waste at the site of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California. A supporting brief has been submitted by the Attorneys-General of California, Massachusetts, Utah and Washington. The technical basis for the lawsuit is provided by a declaration that was written by Gordon Thompson of IRSS. The declaration, entitled "Thompson Declaration in Support of a Petition by Avila Valley Advisory Council, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Peg Pinard, et al.," is available from our website.
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A longer version of the chapter is available on this website as a report titled "Social Reconstruction in Afghanistan Through the Lens of Health and Human Security." IRSS in the process of exploring possibilities for expanding its work into this country. In January 2004, Kerry Saner and Palwasha Kakar traveled on field assignment to Afghanistan where they conducted research interviews for IRSS of health-related NGO's in Kabul. A report and a slideshow of this trip can be viewed from this site.
New to the website:
You can now make an online tax-deductable donation to IRSS from this website using your credit card. Several of our larger publications are also available for online purchase. Thank you for continuing to support IRSS!
Several slideshows of photographs:
Conference and training program in Gracanica, Bosnia,
convened by the medical Network for social Reconstruction.
The Agency for Relief and Development/DENAL
activities in Ingushetia in the North Caucasus.
IRSS field assignment in Kabul,
Afghanistan, January 2004
Spring 2004 - IRSS expanded their operation by the addition of several new valuable staff members:
Lisa Linehan now works with IRSS as a Development Consultant.
Hui Wen Chan joined IRSS in February 2004 as part-time Development Assistant.
Lisa Knebel works part-time in Accounting.
Kerry Saner joined IRSS part-time as Information Technology Assistant, focusing on website management.
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Policy and technical discussions about the vulnerability of nuclear power plants to acts of malice
