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The Center for Advanced Energy Studies is hosting a discussion on the recent events in Japan led by Dr.

Kathryn McCarthy, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology at Idaho National Laboratory Abstract: The recent events in Japan at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plant have been talked about in the media as well as over watercoolers around the world. For many, these events have brought up questions as to the future of nuclear power in the United States as well as the rest of the world. This talk will summarize the impacts of the March earthquake and tsunami on the Fukushima Dai-ichi Power Plant, and try to put them into perspective. The role of nuclear energy will be discussed in the context of recent events. Biography: Dr. McCarthy is Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science & Technology at the Idaho National Laboratory. She is an Affiliate Faculty member with Idaho State University. She received her B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, at the University of Arizona in 1983; M.S., 1986 and Ph.D., 1989, in Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. McCarthy was a Guest Scientist at the Kernforschungszentrum (Nuclear Research Center) in Karlsruhe, Germany, MarchSeptember 1989, and spent a year in the Soviet Union with the Department of Energy US/USSR Young Scientist Program, at the Efremov and Kurchatov Institutes in Russia, and the Latvian Academy of Science in Latvia September 1989-August 1990. She is a member of the American Nuclear Society, beginning as a student in 1979, and has served on the ANS Board of Directors 2002-2008 (two terms), is the former Vice Chair of Professional Women in ANS, the ANS Planning Committee, Fusion Energy Division Chair (2000-2001), Vice-Chair (1999-2000) and Executive Committee (1996-1999), American Nuclear Society Idaho Section Chair (2001-2002) and Vice-Chair (2000-2001), and the University of Arizona Student Chapter ANS President (1982-83). Her awards include an American Nuclear Society Presidential Citation in 2007, the 2000 ANS Womens Achievement Award, 1996 International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor U.S. Home Team Leadership Award, the 1994 David Rose Award for Excellence in Fusion Engineering.

Kathryn A. McCarthy, Ph.D.


Deputy Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National Laboratory

For more information, contact Kortny Rolston (526-0962), Kortny.Rolston@inl.gov

Wednesday, August 24 4 p.m. CAES Auditorium

10-50129-10

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