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Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe
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Agenda

Responding to New Nuclear Challenges  Video   Audio

Bounding the Problem: Updated Models of the Effects of a Nuclear Detonation in a Major City  Video   Audio   Slides

  • Brooke Buddemeier, Global Security Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Panel 1: Preparing the Public to Take Protective Actions Against Fallout  Video   Audio

  • Ann Norwood, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
  • Building Rad Resilient Cities: A Checklist for Fallout Preparedness, Monica Schoch-Spana, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC   Slides
  • Public Preparedness: What Really Motivates People, Dennis Mileti, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Local Realities in Preparing for Nuclear Terrorism, David McKernan, Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management, Fairfax County, VA   Slides

Panel 2: New Proposals and Recent Progress on Medical Response to a Nuclear Detonation  Video   Audio

  • Richard E. Waldhorn, Contributing Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
  • Health Care Response to a Nuclear Detonation: An Overview of Recent Progress in National Planning, John Hick, Medical Director for Emergency Preparedness, Hennepin County Medical Center   Slides
  • The Radiation Injury Treatment Network: Leveraging Existing Expertise to Guide Care for Tens of Thousands, David Weinstock, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Department of Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Medical Advisor, Radiation Injury Treatment Network   Slides
  • How to Screen a Million People for Radiation Exposure in a Few Days: Harnessing the Private Sector, Eric Toner, Senior Associate, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC   Slides


Lessons from Three Mile Island for American Nuclear Response  Video   Audio

  • Harold Denton, Former Director, Division of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission


Leadership in Times of National Crisis  Video   Audio

  • Thad W. Allen, Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation

Preparedness for a Nuclear Disaster: Views from Europe  Video   Audio   Slides

  • Ray Powles, Chairman of the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Society’s Nuclear Accident Committee

Lessons for the U.S. from the Japanese Nuclear Crisis  Video   Audio   Slides

  • William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Roundtable Discussion: Responding to a Mass Radiation Emergency: Lessons Learned from Japan  Video   Audio

  • Joseph E. Fitzgerald, Contributing Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
  • Yoshikura Haraguchi, National Hospital Tokyo Disaster Medical Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine   Slides
  • Steven M. Becker, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health
  • Scott Deitchman, Associate Director for Terrorism Preparedness and Response, National Center for Environmental Health and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Michael Gresalfi, Senior Advisor, CBRNE, Response Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency   Slides

National Leadership in Building Nuclear Resiliency  Video   Audio

  • Brian E. Kamoie, Senior Director for Preparedness, Resilience Policy, National Security Staff, The White House

U.S. Response to a Nuclear Crisis  Video   Audio   Slides

  • Joseph J. Krol, Jr., Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations, U.S. Department of Energy