<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi EVerybody,<div><br></div><div>Just to clarify, there are TWO events (one today; one tomorrow) on Japan's nuclear crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>See below.</div><div><br></div><div>Elizabeth</div><div>=========================<br>Elizabeth A. Thomson<br>Associate Director of Communications<br>MIT Resource Development<br>Office of Communications<br>600 Memorial Dr., W98-300<br>617-258-5563, 857-756-9457<br><<a href="mailto:thomson@mit.edu">thomson@mit.edu</a>>, <a href="http://giving.mit.edu">giving.mit.edu</a><br>=========================<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Briefing on Japan's Nuclear Crisis</b><br><br>In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, reliable technical information about the crisis affecting the nuclear power plants at Fukushima has been difficult to discern from the media coverage. The demand to know what is happening, however, is very great.<br><br>At 4 p.m. on March 15 in 10-250, the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering is holding an information session for the MIT community about the current situation at Fukushima.<br><br>Topics for discussion will include: the characteristics of the boiling water reactors at Fukushima; the possible causes of the accidents; the current status of the reactors; the technical options that may now be available to the reactor operators; and the possible future implications. The event will include a panel of experts and will be moderated by Department Head Richard Lester.<br><a href="http://web.mit.edu/nse/events/index.html">http://web.mit.edu/nse/events/index.html</a><br><br><br><b>Japan's Nuclear Crisis</b><br><br>Wednesday, March 16, 2011<br>5:30 PM – 7:00 PM<br>MIT Bldg E15, Bartos Theatre (Atrium Level)<br>20 Ames Street, Cambridge<br>http://whereis.mit.edu/?go=E15<br><br> <br>MIT experts discuss Japan's nuclear past, present, and future from a political and engineering perspective.<br>The presentation will include an eyewitness account of the crisis and the Japanese government's response.<br><br>Guest speakers:<br><br>Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Center for International Studies<br>Ken Oye, Associate Professor at MIT and Director of the MIT-CIS Program on Political Economy and Technology Policy<br>Michael Golay, MIT Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering<br><br>Co-sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies, MIT-Japan Program, <br>and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering<br><br><br>Free and Open to the Public | Light Refreshments <br><div apple-content-edited="true"><br></div></div></body></html>