Some say nuclear energy is ready to make a comback; some say it’s still too dangerous. How do you know which to believe? infactvideo.com
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(April 11, 2011) Burton Richter, director emeritus of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Matthew Wald, reporter with the Washington Bureau of The New York Times (joining the seminar from New York via videoconference), discuss the unfolding of events in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, what vulnerabilities in the system contributed to the meltdown and the design and regulatory lessons that can be applied to the future of nuclear energy development. Stanford University www.stanford.edu SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory http The New York Times www.nytimes.com Stanford Energy Seminar energyseminar.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube http
