The Nuclear Power Debate Version 2.0
. . . What’s Old, What’s New, What’s Hype, What’s True
Printable flyer for event here.
SPEAKERS
Jerry Paul
President and Managing Member
Capitol Energy, LLC
Senior Advisor
Clean And Safe Energy (CASE) Coalition
JERRY PAUL, a nuclear engineer and attorney, represents clients of governmental affairs consulting firm Capitol Energy with a combination of technical engineering, legal, political, public policy and international affairs experience in the energy field. Mr. Paul formerly served as the elected representative of Florida’s 71st district in the Florida House of Representatives where he served as Deputy Majority Whip, chaired the House Subcommittee on Environment Regulation and chaired the House Subcommittee on Environmental Appropriations. Additionally, he served on the committees of Energy, Appropriations, Business Regulation, Natural Resources and Public Security. His primary areas of policy focus have been energy, environment, national security and homeland security. He is well-recognized both in Florida and Washington as a leading voice on energy policy and government’s role in energy transformation.
Mr. Paul also serves as the Distinguished Energy Fellow on faculty at the University of Tennessee, Howard Baker Center for Public Policy.
Formerly serving as America’s Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Administrator of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Mr. Paul was responsible for coordinating all activities of the NNSA at 3 National Laboratories and 5 production facilities in the U.S. along with foreign offices in Moscow, Tokyo, Beijing and serving as the senior official at the U.S. Department of Energy mission at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) United Nations (UN) offices in Vienna, Austria (2004-2006).
Nuclear Industry Update, presentation to the Public Utility Research Center, February 2008
Future Prospects of the Global Nuclear Partnership, presentation to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, May 2006
Dr. Thomas B. Cochran
Senior Scientist and former Director, Nuclear Program
Natural Resources Defense Council
THOMAS B. COCHRAN, the Wade Greene Chair for Nuclear Policy, is a nuclear physicist and senior scientist in NRDC’s nuclear program, as well as the author or co-author of several books and numerous articles on nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation and nuclear energy. He received his doctorate from Vanderbilt University in 1967 and has been with NRDC since 1973. Tom is currently a member of the Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee and has served on a number of government and non-government advisory committees. Tom received the American Physical Society’s Szilard Award (1987) and the Federation of American Scientists’ Public Service Award (1987). He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
“Rebottling the Nuclear Genie: Information Warrior Thomas B. Cochran is fighting hard against U.S. reliance on nuclear weapons”, Tim Beardsley, Scientific American 1998. “Cochran has extraordinary chutzpah. He is willing to take on what most people wouldn’t bother with because they assume it’s hopeless.”
NRDC Position Paper: Commercial Nuclear Power
How Safe is Yucca Mountain?, Remarks by Thomas B. Cochran at Vanderbilt University, January 2008
“NRC cannot license Yucca Mountain on results from a black box, and it should so inform DOE.”
Talk of the Nation “Some Environmentalists Warming Up to Nuclear”
Publications by Thomas B. Cochran here.
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Mozaik
Sundried Tomato & Goat Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breast with Roasted Garlic & Herb Cream Sauce
Tossed Caesar Salad
Balsamic Glazed Fire Roasted Veggies
Marscarpone Cheese & Herb Mashed Potatoes
Entree for Vegetarians:
Fettucini with spinach, wild mushrooms, roasted garlic in a sweet roasted red bell pepper sauce.
Iced Tea
Lemonade
Coffee
Dessert courtesy of St. John’s Episcopal Church:
Praline Squares
Chocolate Mint Bars
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