Press advisory from ANS on March 8 Fukushima online event

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                      CONTACT

February 27, 2012                                                    Fritz Schneider: 301.728.4811

HOLD THE DATE FOR WEBCAST OF

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:           Report provides a clear and concise explanation of what happened during the Fukushima Daiichi event and evaluates recommendations based upon lessons learned

WHO:             Leading Figures in the Nuclear Science and Technology Community

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

Hisashi Ninokata, PhD, Professor, Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology,

Michael T. Ryan, PhD, Adjunct Faculty member at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Environmental Engineering and the Texas A&M University in the Department of Nuclear Engineering

Craig D. Sawyer, PhD, retired, expert in boiling water reactor technology

Amir Shahkarami, Chief Executive Officer of Exelon Nuclear Partners and the Senior Vice President of Exelon Generation

Akira Tokuhiro, PhD, Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at the University of Idaho

WHEN &        Thursday, March 8, 2012, 10:00 a.m. 

WHERE:         http://www.visualwebcaster.com/event.asp?id=85244

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