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A Discussion on Nuclear Technology and Policy

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April 10, 2015

5:00 am - 6:30 am

Please join the Center on Global Energy Policy for a presentation and discussion with Nobuo Tanaka, non-resident Fellow at the Center and former Executive Director at the International Energy Agency. Tanaka-san will offer remarks on the current landscape of nuclear power technology and policy, specifically with respect to security and environmental considerations. After the remarks, Inaugural Center Fellow David Sandalow will moderate a panel discussion where Tanaka-san will be joined by:

  • Tom Blees, President, The Science Council for Global Initiatives;
  • Travis Bradford, Associate Professor of Practice in International and Public Affairs; Director, Energy and Environment Concentration, Columbia SIPA;
  • Eric Loewen, Chief Consulting Engineer, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy; and,
  • Robert Stone, Director, Pandora’s Promise.

Registration is required for in-person attendance. It will also be livestreamed at: http://energypolicy.columbia.edu/watch.

This event is open to press.

A podcast of this event (in addition to other past Center events) will be available ~3 to 5 days after the date of the event through iTunes or via our website.

For more information contact: [email protected]

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