The webinar, sponsored by Excelsior College's School of Business & Technology, will take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. EST and is available online here. Please take time to send an RSVP e-mail to Excelsior College's Tina Perfetti.
Excelsior College, in Albany, N.Y., is one of 41 schools nationwide that has a student chapter of the American Nuclear Society, and is the only distance learning institution with an ANS student chapter.
U.S. engagement in nuclear energy production
The webinar will open with a look at recent claims by China of a major breakthrough in nuclear fuel reprocessing, as a starting point for discussion on America's international engagement in nuclear energy-the technology that was pioneered in the United States-and the consequences of falling further behind France, Russia, Japan, and other nations that continue to expand their investments in nuclear power generation.
The panel will include:
- Gilbert Brown, professor, Nuclear Engineering Program, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, Faculty Committee member, Excelsior College, Fellow, American Nuclear Society
- Byron Thinger, senior nuclear engineer, Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Faculty Committee member, Excelsior College
- Jay James, nuclear engineer (retired), Faculty Committee member, Excelsior College
- Anthony DeAngelo, health physicist, Instructional Faculty, Excelsior College, president-elect of the Northeastern New York Chapter of the Health Physics Society
- Patrick Berry, director, Training and Development, Entergy Nuclear, Industry Advisory Council, Excelsior College
- Peggy Caserto, Instructional Faculty, Excelsior College
- Randy Fromm, senior consultant, The Westwind Group, Inc., Instructional Faculty, Interim Program director, Excelsior College
To follow along on Twitter, search the term #NukeWeb.
This post appeared on the ANS Nuclear Cafe.