"The Fukushima Nuclear Reactor Accident: What Happened and What Does It Mean?"--a July 11, 2011 talk at Williams College by Robert Budnitz, a nuclear engineer at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Budnitz provided technical details in laymen's terms about what happened at the Fukushima reactors during the March earthquake and tsunami, explained the radioactive releases that followed, and illustrated the consequences of the disaster for Japan. In addition, he elaborated on the event's potential impact on America's current nuclear power programs and future energy aspirations.
Having spent most of his professional career in the field of nuclear energy and its waste management, Budnitz became involved with the Fukushima events immediately after they occurred. President Obama placed Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in charge of coordinating the U.S. response. Chu, in turn, named five advisers, including Budnitz, to provide the scientific expertise needed to guide the department's efforts.
Budnitz graduated from Yale and received his Ph.D. at Harvard in experimental physics.
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