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CENTER FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS
University of Pittsburgh Seminar Series
TOPIC: Security Implications of the Resurgence of Nuclear power
| Date: | Thursday, April 14, 2011 |
| Time: | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Reception to follow) |
| Location: | 5th floor Alumni Hall – Room 532, University of Pittsburgh |
| Attendance: | Open: Click Here for information |
SPEAKER: Larry Foulke
Former President, American Nuclear Society
Former Westinghouse and Bettis nuclear engineer
2010 Observer to the International Atomic Energy Agency
SUMMARY Director General Yukiya Amano of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has indicated that some 60 countries without nuclear power have approached the IAEA for assistance in building their first nuclear power plants. If these nations proceed with nuclear energy development, there will be a significant growth in the nuclear energy industry. More countries using nuclear energy translates to an increased risk of nuclear weapon proliferation.
The dilemma, then: On the one hand, peaceful uses of nuclear technology permit energy independence and economic development. On the other hand, the availability of nuclear material from civilian nuclear power plants may lead to diversion and allow nuclear weapons to be produced using physical and chemical processes similar to those used in peaceful nuclear energy development.
BIOSKETCH
Larry Foulke recently retired from a 40-year career in nuclear engineering at Westinghouse and Bettis. He now serves as Director of Nuclear Engineering Outreach in the Swanson School of Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches nuclear engineering courses each term.
Foulke received his PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967. He has been a Registered Professional Engineer (Nuclear) in Pennsylvania since 1997.
A member of the American Nuclear Society since 1966, he served as the organization’s President for a term completed in June of 2004. In 2010, he was an observer at the IAEA meeting of the International Nuclear Security Education Network, and has developed coursework in nuclear safeguards and security at the University of Pittsburgh.