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

Wednesday, August 24

4 p.m.CAES Auditorium

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, March-

September 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 ofArizona 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 AssociateLaboratory Director,Nuclear Science& Technology,Idaho NationalLaboratory