BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20210925T0030Z-1632529836.9336-EO-39396-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20240319T065442Z CREATED:20210924T230125Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T201013Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211006T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211006T135000 SUMMARY: Nuclear Power and Climate Change: Can Small Modular Reactors Deliv er? DESCRIPTION: Join this discussion on nuclear energy and small modular react ors (SMRs)\, with a focus on their status in Canada\, and the climate vulne rability of nuclear plants. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Join this discus sion on nuclear energy and small modular reactors (SMRs)\, with a focus on their status in Canada\, and the climate vulnerability of nuclear plants. T he presentations will draw upon the 2021 World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
Please RSVP. Th e Zoom link will be emailed to all registrants in advance of the event.
Welcome Remarks: Prajna Singh\, Student\, Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs
Moderator: Allison Mac farlane\, Director\, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC
Speakers:
Bios:
Mycle Schneider works as independent international analyst and consultan t on energy and nuclear policy\, based in Paris. He is the initiator and Co nvening Lead Author of the World Nuclear Industry Status Reports. He is a F ounding Board Member and Spokesperson of the International Energy Advisory Council. In 2007\, he was appointed as a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)\, based at Prin ceton University\, USA. He is a Founding Member of the International Nuclea r Risk Assessment Group (INRAG) and is a member of the International Nuclear Security Forum (INSF)\, hosted at the Stimson Center\, Washington\, D.C. In 1997\, he was honored with the Right Livelihood Award (“Alternative Nobel Prize”).
Ali Ahmad is a Research Fellow studying energy policy at Harvard Kennedy School’ s Project on Managing the Atom and International Security Program. His rese arch interests include energy security and resilience and the political eco nomy of nuclear energy in newcomer markets\, with focus on the Middle East. Prior to joining MTA\, Ali served as Director of the Energy Policy and Sec urity Program at the American University of Beirut. From 2013 to 2016\, Ali was a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security where he worked on informing nuclear diplomacy with Iran. Outside academia\, Ali is a senior consultant at the World Bank advising th e Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice. Ali holds a first degre e in Physics from the Lebanese University and a PhD in Engineering from Cam bridge University.
M.V. Ramana is Professor and Simons Chair in Disarmam ent\, Global and Human Security at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. He is also Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He is the author of T he Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India and co-editor of Prisoners of the Nuclear Dream. Ramana is a member of the International Panel on Fissile Mat erials\, the Canadian Pugwash Group< /a>\, the International Nuclear Risk Asses sment Group\, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.
Dr. Alli son M. Macfarlane is Professor and Director of the School of P ublic Policy and Global Affairs within the Faculty of Arts at UBC. Her rese arch has focused on technical\, social\, and policy aspects of nuclear ener gy production and nuclear waste management and disposal as well as regulati on\, nuclear nonproliferation\, and energy policy. Dr. Macfarlane has held both academic and government positions in the field of energy and environme ntal policy\, especially nuclear policy. Most recently\, she directed the I nstitute for International Science and Technology Policy at the George Wash ington University. The first geologist (and the third woman) to chair the U .S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 2012-2014\, Dr. Macfarlane holds a d octorate in earth science from MIT and a bachelor’s of science from the Uni versity of Rochester.
Hosted by: The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) and the Institute for Resources\, Environment and Su stainability (IRES)\, University of British Columbia
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