Nuclear Energy Policy Issues
Topic: Nuclear Energy Policy Issues Speaker: Dr. Timothy Valentine, Director Strategic Planning and Communications Energy and Engineering Sciences Directorate Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director, Energy and Environmental Policy Programs Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy University of Tennessee When: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 28, 2009 Where: 308 Pasqua Engineering Building Webcast: http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia Viewers of the live webcast may submit questions and/or comments to the speaker either before or during the live webcast via an email message to utne@utk.edu. Please include your name and affiliation in your email message. Viewers who miss the live webcast can view the archived webcast, which is usually posted within 24 hours, at http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia/Archive/. Viewers may also receive the speaker's slides in PDF format via email request to Kim Scarbrough (kscarbro@utk.edu) after the live webcast. Abstract: Nuclear energy has been proposed as one of the potential solutions for meeting growing energy demand without significant climate change impact. However, considerable challenges exist for the increased utilization of nuclear energy in the U.S. No new reactors have been built from scratch in the U.S. in over 30 years even though nuclear power has seen considerable growth in other countries throughout the World. The large capital costs, an untested regulatory process, and uncertainty about the future solutions for dealing with nuclear waste all contribute to hesitation by the U.S. nuclear industry to invest in new nuclear power plants. On the other hand, the nuclear industry stands to benefit significantly if climate change legislation is enacted by the Federal government in the near future. This symposium will provide an overview of the need for low-carbon energy sources, the incentives included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to encourage the development of nuclear energy, a review some potential scenarios for nuclear deployment driven by climate change legislation, a review of the challenges for realizing greater deployment of nuclear power and a discussion on the path forward on the nuclear waste issue, which is central to greater use of nuclear power. All students and faculty are invited to attend. UTNE Graduate Students who hold Assistantships or Fellowships are required to attend in person. Refreshments will be provided in 219 Pasqua immediately following the colloquium.
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