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Monday, March 5, 2012

HOLD THE DATE FOR CONFERENCE CALL ON AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY’S UNVEILING OF REPORT ON FUKUSHIMA:

                                               
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      CONTACT
March 5, 2012                                                                  Fritz Schneider: 301.728.4811
                                                                                                                          
HOLD THE DATE FOR CONFERENCE CALL ON
AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY’S
UNVEILING OF REPORT ON FUKUSHIMA:
Nation’s Premier Technical Society in Nuclear Community
Issues Report for One Year Anniversary of Fukushima

WHAT:    Committee Members available for Q & A on Fukushima Report

WHO:       Members from the American Nuclear Society President’s Special Committee on Fukushima
Dale Klein, PhD, former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
                                Michael L. Corradini, PhD, Vice President/President-Elect, American Nuclear Society
Jacopo Buongiorno, PhD, Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Paul Dickman, Senior Policy Fellow with Argonne National Laboratory

WHEN & Thursday, March 8, 2012, 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time
WHERE: Dial in:             888-590-1607     
Participant passcode: 202-470-2393

HOW:       Panel members will not make a presentation but will take questions.  Participants to call in and identify themselves and outlet, and questions will be taken in alphabetical order, by outlet. 
Places are available for 50 participants – please RSVP to Fritz Schneider at fschneider.clarkcommunications@gmail.com

Topics Include:
Risk-Informed Regulation
Hazards from Extreme Natural Phenomena
Multiple-Unit Site Considerations
Hardware Design Modifications
Severe Accident Management Guidelines
Command and Control During a Reactor Accident
Emergency Planning
Health Physics
Societal Risk Comparison


For more information about the American Nuclear Society, please visit www.ans.org.

Established in 1954, ANS is a professional not-for-profit organization of engineers and scientists devoted to the peaceful applications of nuclear science and technology.  Its 11,600 members come from diverse technical backgrounds covering the full range of engineering disciplines as well as the physical and biological sciences. 

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