Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
Nuclear power is emerging as a realistic option for nations
throughout the world to potentially reconcile their environmental
and economic objectives. However, in the U.S., questions
remain about the viability of a broad expansion of nuclear power
despite its impeccable safety and environmental record as well as
its potential to transform America's energy profile. While
the U.S. waits, other nations are moving beyond the stage of
talking about new nuclear power to making expansion a
reality. For example, Finland is constructing a new nuclear
power plant, Japan is bringing a spent fuel recycling facility
on-line, and the United Kingdom has made a political commitment to
support new nuclear power. How have other countries solved
the problems that remain in the U.S.? What is the legitimate
role of government in the emerging nuclear industry? How are
nations dealing with spent nuclear fuel? What lessons can the
U.S. learn from others' experience? Please join us for a discussion
of these and other issues from the perspectives of three nations
that are on their own path to a nuclear renaissance.
More About the Speakers
Jonathan Temple
Energy Policy Advisor,
Embassy of the United Kingdom
Anne Lammila
Deputy Chief of Mission,
Embassy of Finland
Kenji Goto
Minister,
Economy, Trade, Industry and Energy,
Embassy of Japan
Hosted By
Jack Spencer
Research Fellow, Nuclear Energy Policy
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