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.