Faculty Lecture
Oct. 8, 2015, 19:00 - 21:00
Tokyo, Japan
Venue: American Center Japan, NOF Tameike Bldg 8F, Akasaka 1-1-14, Minato-ku, Tokyo (view map)
Cost: Complimentary.
RSVP:
Online registration required by October 2nd. Note that photo ID will be required at the door and must match name on the guests list.
Attend an engaging evening lecture Zero is Impossible - Challenges and opportunities to enhance community resilience with focus on the Daiichi nuclear plant accident - with Professor Kai Vetter, with special welcome remarks by US Embassy representative. The event will also provide an opportunity for you to connect with fellow alumni and friends and enjoy light refreshments.
Kai Vetter is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and leads the Applied Nuclear Physics program in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is director of the Institute for Resilient Communities, which was recently established to address the needs to enhance the technological and societal resilience to radiological events. In addition, Prof. Vetter is co-PI of the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium at UC Berkeley and serves as sponsor liaison and leads the Nuclear Instrumentation and Radiation Detection focus area. He obtained his Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics at the University of Frankfurt in Germany and since then has worked in developing concepts and technologies in radiation detection for applications ranging from basic and applied research to nuclear security and medicine. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of nuclear physics, radiation detection, and applications and has authored and co-authored more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Jointly with Prof. Hiroyuki Takahashi from Univ. Tokyo, he is organizer of the International Summer School in Radiation Detection and Measurements.