Japan Nuclear: Webinar ? The Facts about Fukushima Nuclear Crisis

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Webinar ? The Facts about Fukushima Nuclear Crisis

What happened in Japan?

The Nuclear Fabrication Consortium (NFC) has assembled a panel of experts to talk about what happened in Japan last week at the Fukushima nuclear power station.

The webinar takes place Tuesday, March 22, online. It is open to the public and the news media.

Date: Tuesday, March 22nd 2011
Time: 2:00 pm ? 3:00 pm (EST)
Call-in Number: 614-384-5247 Pin Code: 029468#
Streaming Webcast: http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventID=18477552

The recent events in Japan have heightened public concern over the safety and feasibility of using nuclear power. This concern, coupled with the data fog that has been created by media outposts looking to put a unique perspective on the situation, has created an atmosphere where the lines between fact and conjecture have been blurred sometimes with extreme comments about the future of nuclear energy.

At NFC, we pride ourselves on being unbiased and fact-based. When we are not the technology experts, we reach out to those who are to verify the data that impacts our business.

We want you to have access to the data regarding the situation at Japan?s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in a form that is understandable to a non-Nuclear Engineer. As such, the NFC has organized a conference call and webinar that will give you access to experts from the nuclear industry.

They will provide you with the chain of events, without sensationalism or hypotheses, regarding what has transpired in Japan over the last week and half. You will hear directly from the experts and will have an opportunity to get your questions answered.

Panel of Industry Experts

David Blee ? Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Lake Barrett ? Former Deputy Director, Office of Radioactive Waste Management
Marc Goldsmith ? Principal, MGA LLC & Former VP, Stone & Webster
Edward Davis ? Former President, American Nuclear Energy Council
Dan Yurman ? American Nuclear Society
Nate Ames ? Director, Nuclear Fabrication Consortium

Note to readers ? while ANS has arranged for me to be a speaker on the panel, my remarks will be solely my own.

Agenda

The agenda is that each panelist will make a brief opening set of remarks. The balance of the session will be open to Q&A from the audience. A moderator will choose questions likely to be of interest to the widest number of listeners and direct them to the panel for response.

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