Discussions to Inform the Clean Energy Ministerial
Towards Equitable Design and Development of Advanced Nuclear Energy Infrastructure: Discussing historic practices and reimagining the research agenda
May 31, 2022, 10–11:30am ET
A discussion of historic aspects of social equity issues in the design and development of nuclear energy systems. Our discussants will explore lessons learned and opportunities for making ongoing and future clean energy design practices more equitable, including through increased and direct community engagement by project developers and planners and identify future research directions towards making the design of energy systems, with an emphasis in this discussion on design and infrastructure, an equity-centering undertaking.
Discussants
A discussion of the historic inequities and problem framing
Kara Colton – Energy Communities Alliance
Harold Maguire, Jr- Westinghouse
Sarah Mills – University of Michigan
Tim Kalke – Sustainable Energy Galena
Future research directions
Gwen Holdmann – University of Alaska Fairbanks
Katlyn Turner -Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Andrea Morales Coto – FireHydrant
Moderator
Aditi Verma – University of Michigan and Harvard Kennedy School