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Katy Huff on the impact of loosening radiation regulations
Katy Huff, former assistant secretary of nuclear energy at the Department of Energy, recently wrote an op-ed that was published in Scientific American.
In the piece, Huff, who is an ANS member and an associate professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign, argues that weakening Nuclear Regulatory Commission radiation regulations without new research-based evidence will fail to speed up nuclear energy development and could have negative consequences.
2023 ANS Annual Meeting Speaker
Dr. Adam Stein is the Director of the Nuclear Energy Innovation program at the Breakthrough Institute. His focus is on the technology, regulation, risk, economics, and public interest in nuclear energy. He also studies complex interdisciplinary systems and decision-making in risk, resilience, and clean energy systems. He has spent almost 20 years in the energy sector as an engineer, researcher, and consultant. Adam holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, where his research focused on changing the paradigm for emergency preparedness decision-making and response for nuclear facilities. Prior to studying at Carnegie Mellon, Adam earned a MBA, and degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering.
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