[E&E seminars] Monday - Senator Tom Carper - Nuclear Waster Roundtable

[Jameson Twomey]

Just a friendly reminder that the Energy Initiative will proudly  
welcome Senator Tom Carper to MIT to host a roundtable discussion on  
recycling and reprocessing nuclear waste this Monday, the 18th. We  
hope you will join us!

Recycling Nuclear Waste: Addressing Nuclear Waste in the 21st Century

Speaker: U.S. Senator Tom Carper
Date: Monday, May 18th
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 Noon
Location: 56-114, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge


Abstract

One of the long-term questions about nuclear energy is how to manage  
the waste. For many years, U.S. nuclear utilities have paid fees to  
the federal government for nuclear waste disposal. But work on  
disposal has come with delays and roadblocks. It is time to  
responsibly move forward to address the nuclear waste issue.

Senator Carper’s roundtable brings together MIT and Harvard professors  
to investigate options for handling the United States’ nuclear waste  
through recycling and reprocessing. Experts in the field will discuss  
the pros and cons of recycling technologies, providing information  
Senator Carper will take back to Congress with him during the ongoing  
congressional debate.

Host Bio

U.S. Senator Tom Carper is the senior senator from Delaware and a  
long- time supporter of safe nuclear energy. He believes nuclear power  
provides solutions to critical problems facing America today,  
including helping to reduce our reliance on foreign oil, and reducing  
air pollution that damages our environment and causes global warming.  
As chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees our nation's  
civilian nuclear operations, Senator Carper wants to ensure that the  
benefits of nuclear energy are realized in a way that responsibly  
protects the public's health and security, as well as the environment.

Roundtable Members

Senator Tom Carper, D-DE, Member Environment and Public Works  
Committee; Chairman, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety;  
Member, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs;  
Member, Senate Finance Committee; Chairman of the Senate Nuclear  
Caucus and the Senate Recycling Caucus

Dr. Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy, John F.  
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Dr. Charles Forsberg, Executive Director of the Fuel Cycle Study,  
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT

Dr. Andrew Kadak, Professor of the Practice of Nuclear Engineering,  
Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT

Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative and Laboratory  
for Energy and the Environment, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of  
Physics, MIT
  
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