The Fukushima Meltdown - Lessons from Japan NEW

A panel discussion and audience question and answer opportunity on nuclear energy concerns and its future in California and the United States. Featuring top experts from UCLA in energy, economics, engineering, seismology, public health and law.

Welcome - Glen MacDonald, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Lead Panelist - National Nuclear Energy Policy - Albert Carnesale, UCLA Chancellor Emeritus & Professor, Departments of Public Policy and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering & Member of the U.S. Department of Energy Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future

Date
Monday, April 18, 2011

Time
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Neuroscience Research Building (NRB) Auditorium
Neuroscience Research Building, 1st Floor
635 Charles E. Young Drive South

Energy economics and Environmental policy - Deepak Rajagopal, Professor, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Engineering/Seismic/Environmental Safety - Jon Stewart, Vice Chair (Graduate), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science

Public Health - Dick Jackson, Chair, Department of Environmental Health and Safety, UCLA School of Public Health

Legal and Policy Issues - Sean Hecht , Executive Director, Environmental Law Center, UCLA School of Law

Karen A. Lefkowitz
Communications Officer
UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
(310) 794-4908
http://www.environment.ucla.edu/