Fukushima: Timeline, Facts, & Implications for Nuclear Power

As the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunami has unfolded, CoE alum Margaret Harding has been called upon by NBC, FOX News, CNN, the New York Times, and many others to explain and help bring clarity to the situation.

Margaret Harding has 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry - she spent many of those years at GE Nuclear Energy, departing as Vice President - Engineering Quality. She's now a consultant to the nuclear power industry where she advises clients on a wide variety of opportunities and issues.

This video is a lecture given by Harding on the campus of Iowa State University, March 30, 2011.

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[lovelplants]

thank you for the info.

[astranine]

Margaret Harding doesn't want to talk in "jargon" so she talks as if she is talking to grade school kids. She worked 27 years at GE Nuclear Energy and the reactors are GE designed. She is not the person I go to to get the truth.

[Promeytheus]

I was physically at this lecture with about 200 other people. I don't think any of us went away without a good sense of what had happened at Fukushima so far. Margaret Harding does an excellent job of making analogies to relate the more complex engineering phenomenon to everyday life. If she is ever presenting in town again, I'm going to be there.

[patrickwheelhouse]

ja all good, no problem, lol, what a load of crap.

[Procharmo]

There was no mention of how plutonium had to be in the air to get to the ground. If it was in the air there was no mention of plutonium inhalation.

There was no mention of the reactor 3 explosion and what it may have done to the reactor vessel cap and the spent fuel pool.

Both have been blown sky high in a massive plume.

Clear for all to see but totally omitted from the presentation.

[mythhealer]

I could be flippant and request that she sit down with some of those local farmers and fishermen to share their bounty, but that would be considered rude? Yeah, we can polite ourselves right into oblivion.

[mythhealer]

An Engineer designs for public safety x 3. She can call herself anything her employer, or the media wish her to be. I don't honor individuals who misinform the public (less honorable are those who miss inform our future Engineers). I would consider someone like Arnie Gunderson to be worthy of a professional title. I've been working long hours to keep up with the facts of this event, and she is barely versed on the events. Her knowledge of radioactive health hazards are unacceptable.

[tomkins0226]

Conflict of interest! It is a pathetic attempt to downplay what really happened and the consequences of it. Ms. Harding, why don't you look for a new job instead of selling your soul to the nuclear industry and jeopardize welfare of humanity.