- Haley Hoard/Daily BY BRANDON SHAW Daily Staff Reporter
Published March 27, 2011 The recent earthquake in Japan and
subsequent nuclear power plant disaster at Fukushima Dai-ichi
will serve as a crucial model for establishing more efficient
safety regulations of nuclear power plants around the world,
according to University experts. More like this About 50 people
gathered in the Modern Languages Building Saturday afternoon to
listen to University nuclear engineering professors discuss a
range of subjects related to the nuclear fallout that stemmed
from the 9.0 magnitude earthquake, including the importance of
establishing increased preventative measures at power plants.
John Lee, Bill Martin and Kim Kearfott — professors in the
University’s Department of Radiological Sciences and Nuclear
Engineering — as well as David Dixon, a scientist and
representative from Los Alamos National Laboratory, participated
in the symposium that was moderated by James Holloway, College
of Engineering associate dean for undergrad