The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
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Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program Seminar Series |
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Nuclear Renaissance: Is it Really Green? |
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11/14/2007Meeting End:11/14/2007 |
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National Academies (Keck Center) |
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500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington D.C. 20001 |
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This event is organized and sponsored by the Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellows and is open to the public. It will be moderated with ample time available for questions and discussion. Photo ID required to enter the building. This seminar is for educational purposes only and is not connected to an NRC/NAS/IOM/NAE project, report, or committee. No report or summary will be produced from this seminar.
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For more information, Please contact: |
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Mark Fleury; Kofi Inkabi |
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Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program Seminar Series |
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mfleury@nas.edu; KInkabi@nas.edu |
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202.334.1697 (Mark); 202.334.3376 (Kofi) |
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Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Time: 12:30-2:00 PM
Location: The Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 5th Street, NW, WDC
Room: Keck 100
By metro: Judiciary Square (red line) or Gallery Place/Chinatown (Red/Green/Yellow lines)
PLEASE NOTE: Photo ID required to enter the building
For further details and periodic updates, visit
www.national-academies.org/policyfellows/events.
The National Academies
Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program
presents
NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: IS IT REALLY GREEN?
No new nuclear power plants have been built in the U.S. in over 30 years due to questions of economic liability, public safety, and environmental concerns. While concerns regarding radioactive waste disposal have proved to be an environmental liability for nuclear energy, today's concern over greenhouse gas emissions have made nuclear power's zero carbon dioxide footprint an environmental asset, hence sparking a renewed interest in domestic nuclear power production.
Speakers will address the following issues:
1. How much of a role nuclear energy should play in our domestic energy portfolio over the next two decades in light of the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions?
2. To what extent the waste issue is an impediment for the expansion of nuclear power in the short term? In the long term?
3. What role can scientific research play in mitigating the perceived and real risks of nuclear energy production?
Panelists:
Angelina S. Howard
Vice President, Office of the President
and Executive Adviser to the President
Nuclear Energy Institute
Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist
Natural Resources Defense Council
The seminar format will involve 10-15 minute presentations by the featured panelists, followed by a moderated question and answer session.
No report or summary will be produced from this seminar.
Public Contacts:
Mark Fleury, mfleury@nas.edu or 202.334.1697
Kofi Inkabi, KInkabi@nas.edu or 202.334.3376
Media Contact: Office of News and Public Information, 202.334.2138
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SPEAKER BIOS
Angelina S. Howard
Vice President, Office of the President
and Executive Adviser to the President
Ms. Howard, who joined NEI in 1996, has had previous responsibilities for the organization’s communications, external affairs and member relations activities.
Before joining NEI, Ms. Howard was vice president and director of industry relations and information services for the Atlanta-based Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO). She also was involved in the formation of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) and the development of communications activities for the WANO-Atlanta Center, which is collocated with INPO. Before joining INPO in 1980, she was employed by Duke Power Company from 1969 to 1980.
Ms. Howard is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America, the American Nuclear Society and the Clemson University Research Foundation Board.
She received a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University, and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business. She has completed the Reactor Technology Program for Utility Executives sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the National Academy for Nuclear Training.
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