Nuclear power in 21st Century panel discussion Wednesday at Lab

Experts on nuclear energy will gather at the Laboratory's Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3 on Wednesday for a public forum on "Nuclear Power in the 21st Century."

Panelists include Per Peterson, chairman of the Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of California, Berkeley; Vic Reis, former head of Department of Energy Defense Programs and now a consultant for Science Applications International Corp.; James Duderstadt, president emeritus of the University of Michigan; and Richard Stratford, director of the Office of Nuclear Energy at the State Department.

The panel discussion begins at 1:30 p.m. and is part of the Laboratory's 60th anniversary celebration. The event is open to all Laboratory workers.

For more information on the panel discussion, go to http://sixty.lanl.gov/nuc_power.shtml online. For a complete schedule of 60th anniversary events, go to http://sixty.lanl.gov/ online.

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