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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo
August 8–11, 2021
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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Metz on Harold Denton: Memories of a life in nuclear safety
Metz
A number of years ago, historian and writer Chuck Metz Jr. was at the Bush’s Visitor Center in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains when he ran into former Nuclear Regulatory Commission official Harold Denton and his wife. Metz was at the visitor center, which opened in 2010 and is now a tourist hotspot, because, as he explained to the Dentons at the time, he had overseen the development of its on-site museum and had written a companion coffee-table history book.
The chance meeting turned into a friendship and a fruitful collaboration. Denton, who in 1979 was the public spokesperson for the NRC as the Three Mile Island-2 accident unfolded, had been working on his memoir, but he was stuck. He asked Metz for help with the organization and compilation of his notes. “I was about to retire,” Metz said, “but I thought that exploring the nuclear world might be an interesting change of pace.”
Denton passed away in 2017, but by then Metz had spent many hours with his fast friend and was able to complete the memoir, Three Mile Island and Beyond: Memories of a Life in Nuclear Safety, which was published recently by ANS. Metz shared some of his thoughts about Denton and the book with Nuclear News. The interview was conducted by NN’s David Strutz.
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1:00–2:00PM (2:00–3:00PM EDT)
Panel
Session Chair: Shannon M. Bragg-Sitton|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Ishita Trivedi|Alternate Chair: Edward Chen
Session Chair: Elizabeth S. Sooby|Alternate Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann
5:00–6:30PM (6:00–7:30PM EDT)
Session Chair: Kelley M. Verner|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
10:00–11:30AM (11:00AM–12:30PM EDT)
Session Chair: Cao Da|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Grigorios Delipei|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Ni Kan|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Ghada Shkoukani|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Yuqiao Joy Fan|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
12:30–1:30PM (1:30–2:30PM EDT)
Session Chair: Eric Meyer|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Robert B. Hayes|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Steven Shannon|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Harsh S. Desai|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
1:30–3:30PM (2:30–4:30PM EDT)
Session Chair: Khadija Mahbuba|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Joshua Hoffman|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Patrick Walther|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Amanda Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: David Holler|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
4:30–5:15PM (5:30–6:15PM EDT)
Session Chair: Brian Andersen|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Palash Kumar Bhowmik|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
10:00–11:00AM (11:00AM–12:00PM EDT)
Session Chair: Arsen Iskhakov|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Lakshitha Kaleyanda|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Roberto Fairhurst-Agosta|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
11:00AM–12:00PM (12:00–1:00PM EDT)
12:00–1:00PM (1:00–2:00PM EDT)
Session Chair: Jason Hou|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Amanda M. Bachmann|Alternate Chair: Kathryn A. Mummah
1:00–2:30PM (2:00–3:30PM EDT)
Session Chair: Jake Mitstifer|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Chaitee Godbole|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Bryant Kanies|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Andy Rivas|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
Session Chair: Halil Ibrahim San|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
3:30–4:15PM (4:30–5:15PM EDT)
Session Chair: Grayson Gall|Alternate Chair: Ishita Trivedi
