Seminar Tuesday, Oct. 8 in NYC

Seminar Wednesday, Oct. 9 in Boston

to a panel of esteemed speakers to address the future of nuclear power and the

and the lessons to be learned from the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident. Additional

speakers on the panel include former Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

on nuclear safety and the future of nuclear power. The panel in New York will be

Power Plant, now operating with an expired license in Buchanan, New York and Pilgrim

Nuclear Generating Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts. There are multiple concerns

regarding both plants' overcrowded storage of spent nuclear fuel rods. Indian Point

contains almost three times the amount of radioactive material in its spent fuel pools

as Fukushima-Daiichi. The seminars will be held in New York City on Tuesday, Oct. 8

and in Boston on Wednesday, Oct. 9.

U.S. citizens are now questioning the safety of the Indian Point and Pilgrim nuclear

power plants. Pilgrim's crowded storage pools are currently holding up to almost four

times more spent fuel rods than they were designed to handle and can potentially be

more dangerous than the nuclear reactors themselves.

Earlier this year, a plant manager at Indian Point falsified test data on generator emissions

due to high levels of particulate pollution which would cause the plant to close. In the event

of a catastrophe like the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear accident, these plants would threaten

millions. A nuclear disaster at Indian Point would threaten the entire population of New

York City and the outlying metropolitan area. A crisis at Pilgrim poses similar danger to

millions within 50 miles of the Plymouth plant including Boston, Cape Cod and

surrounding areas.

when an earthquake and tsunami triggered the catastrophe at the Fukushima-Daiichi

nuclear plant. He was confronted by three reactor meltdowns and a nuclear crisis that

persists to this day.

Jaczko was the Chairman of the NRC during the earthquake and tsunami that triggered

the catastrophe at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. In 2012, Jaczko cast

the lone dissenting vote on plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S.

in more than 30 years.

Earlier this year on June 4, 2013, Jaczko, Bradford and Gunderson were joined by

Japan's former Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, where they spoke at the San Diego County

Administrative Center about their concerns regarding the safety of the San Onofre

nuclear power plant. Three days after the panel, the plant was closed permanently.

The panel discussion is open to the public and news media.

For media and the public who are unable to attend, the New York panel can be heard

these webcasts will be archived at the link for at least 30 days once live. More

What: The panel, The Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear Accident: Lessons for Boston, will

When: Wednesday, Oct. 9

10:00am - 1:30pm

Where: Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02133 (Gardner

Auditorium)