Panel Discussion: Japan Nuclear Reactor Accident

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the northeast coast of Japan, followed by a roughly 10-meter tsunami that inundated the coast. Following the initial events, multiple loss of cooling incidents at the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has caused an ongoing crisis.

On March 29, a panel of experts from academia, the national laboratory community, industry, and radiological emergency response will discuss the earthquake- and tsunami-caused nuclear reactor accident(s) at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant near Sendai, Japan.

Moderator: Professor Howard Hall, UTK Department of Nuclear Engineering and the Howard H. Baker Center for Public Policy

6:00 – 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2011 – Public panel discussion
The Tennessee Auditorium in the Carolyn P. Brown Memorial University Center on the University of Tennessee Campus, Knoxville, TN.

Webcast: http://tinyurl.com/4pqz3qm

8:00 – 9:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, 2011 – Media availability for 1:1 interviews

The event is free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by the Knoxville Chapter of the American Nuclear Society and the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy.
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CONTACT:
Baker Center Contact: Howard Hall (865-974-0931, howard.hall@utk.edu)
UT Media Relations: Whitney Holmes (865-974-5460, wholmes7@utk.edu)