Fastest Path to Zero Virtual Series: Advanced Nuclear

Event Details

When

October 25, 2021

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

As we approach the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in early November, it’s never been more important to set the world on track to reduce global emissions and mitigate the impact of climate change. That’s why we must use every low- and zero-carbon option at our disposal, including advanced nuclear energy.

And for the first time, the COP will include a robust conversation on the potential for both existing and advanced nuclear power to help decarbonize the electricity and industrial sectors and produce hydrogen.

Please join Third Way and the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering for the first installment of our Fastest Path to Zero Virtual Series on October 25 from 12:00 - 1:00 PM ET. We’ll hear from members of Congress, international leaders, nuclear engineers, and energy policy experts, who will discuss the global development of advanced nuclear technologies as well as advanced nuclear’s contribution to national and global decarbonization efforts.

Speakers

Congresswoman Elaine Luria, VA-2

Josh Freed, Senior Vice President, Climate and Energy Program, Third Way

Panelists

Dr. Aditi Verma, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School's Project on Managing the Atom Research Scientist and incoming Assistant Professor (Fall 2022), Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

Dr. Sola Talabi, Advanced Reactor Committee Member, National Academy of Sciences, and Nuclear Reactor Risk and Safety Professor, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan

Dr. Matt Bowen, Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University

Dr. Sunil Felix, Nuclear Counsellor, Embassy of France in the United States

Moderated by Sonal Patel, Senior Associate Editor, POWER Magazine