SIREN Series

Seminar on Interdisciplinary Research and Education in Nuclear Emergency Response (SIREN)

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Note: Work in Progress. Titles below will be updated with speaker bios and seminar summaries.

After Fukushima: Is France Ready for a Severe Nuclear Accident? -Bruno Adhémar

Nuclear Emergency Response at Three Mile Island -Lake H. Barrett

Nuclear Emergency Response Training: Preparing for an Event You Hope Never Happens -William Bertram, Nathan Hoteling, and Daniel Blumenthal

DOE's Fukushima Response and Resulting Improvements to Preparedness and Training -Daniel J. Blumenthal

Surviving a 10 KT Improvised Nuclear Device explosion in the National Capital Region -Jack Brown

SAFER: The US Nuclear Industry’s Response to Natural Disasters -David Crawley

Extending Knowledge “Half-Life”: The NRC’s Knowledge Management Program -Patricia L. Eng

The Nuclear Radiological Incident Annex and Task Force SOP: How the Federal Government will Respond to a Nuclear/Radiological Incident -Luis Garcia

Nuclear Emergency Response in Germany: The Long Way towards Harmonization -Klaus Gehrcke

Armageddon Insurance: Civil Defense in the United States and Soviet Union, 1945-1991 -Edward Geist

Emergency Response, Consequence Assessment, and Recovery of the WIPP Event -Robert Hayes

Effective and Rapid Response to a Nuclear Power Plant Emergency -John E. Kelly

Proven Plans: The Value of Realism in Nuclear Emergency Response Exercises -Frank Kitching

An International Approach to Preparing for the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Emergencies -Armond T. Mascelli

Cognitive Strategies in Collaborative Improvisation: From Jazz to 9/11 -David Mendonça

Nuclear Detonation Effects in an Urban Area -John Mercier

Exposing the Boundaries of Nuclear Liability: State Sovereignty and Radioactive Contamination after Chernobyl -Mary X. Mitchell

The Post-Chernobyl Nuclear Safety Negotiations -Joseph F. Pilat

Preserving Clear Community Relations during the Dark Days of Nuclear Emergency -Stuart V. Price

Nuclear Disaster Response at Chernobyl: A Firsthand Account -Nikolai A. Steinberg

Severe Nuclear Accident Management: Improving Operational Guidelines After Fukushima -George Vayssier

Duck and Cover 2.0: What Would, Could, or Should Civil Defense Look Like in the 21st Century? -Alex Wellerstein

A Figure of Merit: Quantifying the Probability of a Nuclear Reactor Accident -Thomas Wellock

Past Work

Nuclear Future Workshop May 2019

SIREN Lecture Series