Conference Videos
- Leadership in Times of National Crisis. Thad W. Allen, Senior Fellow, RAND Corporation. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Lessons for the U.S. from the Japanese Nuclear Crisis. William C. Ostendorff, Commissioner, NRC. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Lessons from Three Mile Island for American Nuclear Response. Harold Denton, Former Director, Division of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, NRC. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- National Leadership in Building Nuclear Resiliency. Brian E. Kamoie, Senior Director for Preparedness, Resilience Policy, National Security Staff, The White House. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- New Proposals and Recent Progress to a Medical Reponse to a Nuclear Detonation. Panel discussion moderated by Richard Waldhorn at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Preparedness for a Nuclear Disaster: Views from Europe. Ray Powles, Chairman of the European Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Society’s Nuclear Accident Committee. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Preparing the Public to Take Protective Actions Against Fallout. Panel discussion moderated by Ann Norwood at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Responding to New Nuclear Challenges. Opening remarks delivered by Thomas V. Inglesby for the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- U.S. Response to a Nuclear Crisis. Joseph J. Krol, Jr., Associate Administrator for Emergency Operations, DOE. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
- Updated Models of the Effects of a Nuclear Detonation in a Major City. Brooke Buddemeier, Global Security Directorate, LLNL. Remarks delivered at the conference, "Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe," May 19, 2011.
Responding to a Mass Radiation Emergency: Lessons Learned from Japan
Advancing U.S. Resilience to a Nuclear Catastrophe
Joseph E. Fitzgerald
Contributing Scholar, Center for Biosecurity of UPMC, Moderator
May 19, 2011 | Washington, DC
Panelists
Yoshikura Haraguchi, National Hospital Tokyo Disaster Medical Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine (Read full bio • View Slideshow)
Steven M. Becker, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health (Read full bio)
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 (Read full bio)
Michael Gresalfi, Senior Advisor, CBRNE, Response Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Read full bio • View Slideshow)
Moderator Bio
Joseph Fitzgerald is a Contributing Scholar and consultant for the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. He leads his own consulting practice and is a Senior Associate in Public Health Preparedness for the Homeland Security Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Mr. Fitzgerald's research focuses on public health response to mass radiation exposure emergencies as well as preparedness for public health emergencies and community resilience. Read full bio.