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**EESG** 11/18 – Nuclear Power in the Post-Fukushima World - Richard C. Bell
Environmental Policy Roundtable
Friday, November 18, 2011, Room 1113 Van Munching Hall, 12:15 - 1:30pm
This week’s talk will focus on the post-Fukushima role of nuclear power in meeting world energy needs. Orders for new nuclear plants were picking up before Fukushima. But after the accident, German (world's 4th largest economy) has done an about-face and committed to phasing out nuclear. In Japan, the government fell over its handling of Fukushima, and the new administration has radically reduced the country's commitment to nuclear as the energy source of the future. Several recent reports from national and international energy agencies have found that with the proper government policies in place, renewable energy sources could completely replace nuclear and fossil fuels over the next decades while simultaneously reducing CO2 emissions.
Richard C. Bell is an author, editor, and political consultant who pioneered the use of online communications and social media in national electoral politics. He served as research director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, new media director at the Democratic National Committee, vice president for communications at the Worldwatch Institute, and blogmaster for John Kerry’s presidential campaign. He lives in Washington, D.C. I am the co-author of a new e-book issued by Sierra Club Books, a 30th-anniversary updated edition of my 1982 book, Nukespeak, which won the 1982 National Council of Teachers of English George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language. For more info on the e-book, see the press release from Sierra Club Books. There is also a Nukespeak web site.
We look forward to seeing you at our discussion!
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