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A Nuclear Renaissance
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 6:30-8:30 pm with discussion beginning at 7:00 followed by Q&A
Tir Na Nog 218 South Blount Street, Raleigh, 833-7795
From its development in the 1950s and ‘60s to the protests against its use in the 1970s and ‘80s, commercial nuclear energy in the United States has always been surrounded by debate. Opponents of its use have presented possible risks to the environment and human health. Meanwhile, proponents cite it as a sustainable energy source that reduces carbon emissions and eases dependence on foreign oil. In February 2010, the federal government approved a loan guarantee for the construction of two nuclear reactors in Georgia, which would be the first plants to start construction in the U.S. since the 1970s. What does this renewed commitment to nuclear power mean to our energy future? What will it mean for our environment and our health?
About the Speaker:
Professor David N. McNelis has more than 45 years of environmental sciences and engineering experience in federal government, university and industry settings. He served in research and research management positions with the U.S. Army, the U.S. Public Health Service and the Environmental Protection Agency; with the Department of Energy's prime contractor for the Nevada Test Site; and with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He now serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Energy, Environment and Economic Development in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Institute for the Environment and as President of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies, LLC. In addition to being a Research Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at UNC, he is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at NCSU. Currently Dr. McNelis specializes in conventional, alternative and nuclear energy systems and technologies and the nuclear fuel cycle (including partitioning, transmutation, repository capacity and nuclear non proliferation).
This café is sponsored by Progress Energy
RSVP to katey.ahmann@ncmail.net. For more information, contact Katey
Ahmann at 919-733-7450, ext. 531.
Check out our Raleigh Science Cafe blog at http://sciencecaferaleigh.blogspot.com. Use the blog to share any thoughts or questions you may have about this or any month's cafe topic. We look forward to hearing from you.
Science Café is an event where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a
glass of wine, anyone can come to explore current topics in science and
technology. In conjunction with local Triangle Sigma Xi chapters, the
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will host a series of monthly
talks with the goal of promoting discussion of science in a community
setting. Our Science Café programs will take place in coffee shops, bars
and restaurants around Raleigh.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences strives to enhance the
public's understanding and appreciation of the natural world through
exhibits, publications and programs. Visit us in downtown Raleigh at 11
West Jones Street or online at www.naturalsciences.org.
Sigma Xi is the international honor society of research scientists and
engineers, with more than 500 chapters in North America and around the
world. In addition to publishing American Scientist magazine, the
Society sponsors a variety of programs that support and promote science
and engineering.
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