Ensuring a Safe and Secure Future for Nuclear Energy

Readers may be interested in a policy discussion Tuesday about the future of nuclear energy. Ensuring a Safe and Secure Future for Nuclear Energy is an event sponsored by Idaho National Lab and several public policy organizations. It will highlight the recommendations resulting from the December 2010 New Millennium Nuclear Energy Summit. Scheduled speakers include:

NRC Commissioner Kristine Svinicki,
Blue Ribbon Commission co-chair Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft,
NEI President and CEO Marv Fertel,
Former DOE Asst Sec. for Nuclear Energy Pete Miller
Idaho National Lab Director John Grossenbacher
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper
Former U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici

Registration is free for anyone who will be in the D.C. area and wants to attend in person. There will also be a live webcast -- the link will be prominently featured here (http://csis.org/) Tuesday morning. More details are here: http://csis.org/event/ensuring-safe-and-secure-future-nuclear-energy.

 

Nicole Stricker, PhD.
Science Press Officer
Idaho National Laboratory
208-526-5955 (o), 208-520-3230 (c)