Less than one month after explaining technical and public health aspects of Japan's nuclear crisis to UW-Madison students on campus, UW-Madison Engineering Professor Michael Corradini has been asked to testify to a U.S. House subcommittee that specializes in the state of U.S. nuclear plants and safety practices.
In his presentation to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday, Corradini will discuss the effects of the recent natural disasters on Japanese nuclear plants and the surrounding areas.
Corradini, who has been appointed co-chair of the newly-created American Nuclear Society Special Commission on Fukushima-Daiichi, will also advise the committee on how the U.S. can learn from the disaster in order to shape its own nuclear industry.
In addition to chairing UW-Madison's Engineering Physics Department, Corradini is also chair of the Reactor Technology Subcommittee of the U.S. Department of Nuclear Energy Advisory Committee.
