Nuclear Power One Year after Fukushima events this Sunday in Des Moines and Iowa City
Mike Carberry
Nuclear Power One Year after Fukushima events in Iowa
As we approach the one year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, three environmental groups (Friends of the Earth, Iowa Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Iowa Chapter of the Sierra Club) are presenting three Iowa events highlighting the perils of nuclear power then and now. This is particularly important as the Iowa Legislature continues to consider the nuclear power advanced rate making bill. (HF561).
Sunday, March 11, 2012.
Des Moines: 1 p.m. at the Des Moines Public Library, 1000 Grand Ave.
Iowa City: 5 p.m. at the Iowa City Public Library, 123 S. Linn St.
Two public lectures on nuclear technology on the first anniversary of Fukushima by Arjun Makhijani
Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. He earned his Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 1972, specializing in nuclear fusion.
A recognized authority on energy issues, Dr. Makhijani is the author and co-author of numerous reports and books on energy and environment related issues. He was the principal author of the first study of the energy efficiency potential of the US economy published in 1971. He is the author of Carbon-Free and Nuclear-Free: A Roadmap for U.S. Energy Policy (2007).
Dr. Makhijani has testified before Congress, and has appeared on ABC World News Tonight, the CBS Evening News, CBS 60 Minutes, NPR, CNN, and BBC, among others. He has served as a consultant on energy issues to utilities, including the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Edison Electric Institute, the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and several agencies of the United Nations.
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Mike Carberry