{"335391":{"#nid":"335391","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u201cA Nuclear Power Play: The Politics and Realities of Nuclear Energy Post-Fukushima\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;On\u0026nbsp;Thursday, October 23 at 3pm, Charles Casto will present a seminar titled \u0022A Nuclear Power Play: The Politics and Realities of Nuclear Energy Post-Fukushima.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Details are below:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cA Nuclear Power Play: The Politics and Realities of Nuclear Energy Post-Fukushima\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003ECharles Casto, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003EFormer Regional Administrator for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission\u003Cbr \/\u003ELeader of U.S. efforts for the NRC in Japan during Fukushima\u003Cbr \/\u003EThursday, October 23, 2014, 3\u0026nbsp;\u2013 4:30\u003Cbr \/\u003ELocation: Ferst Room, Library (7th Floor)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBIO:\u003Cbr \/\u003EDr. Casto is a nuclear safety and regulatory professional with 38 years of experience consisting of positions of increasing responsibility including executive, regulatory, technical, and operational areas of responsibility within the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the commercial nuclear power industry, and the U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the U.S. Federal Government\u2019s Senior Executive Service at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), where he last held the position of Regional Administrator, U.S. NRC Region III. in 2011, Dr. Casto was chosen as the leader of the NRC\u2019s response to Fukushima.\u0026nbsp; He traveled to Japan just days after the event and remained there for eleven months. In 2012, President Obama honored his efforts in Japan and his career by awarding Dr. Casto the highest honor given to a federal executive, naming him a 2012 recipient of the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u201cA Nuclear Power Play: The Politics and Realities of Nuclear Energy Post-Fukushima\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003ECharles Casto, PhD\u003Cbr \/\u003EFormer Regional Administrator for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission\u003Cbr \/\u003ELeader of U.S. efforts for the NRC in Japan during Fukushima\u003Cbr \/\u003EThursday, October 23, 2014, 3\u0026nbsp;\u2013 4:30\u003Cbr \/\u003ELocation: Ferst Room, Library (7th Floor)\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nuclear safety and regulatory professional Charles Casto will present"}],"uid":"28034","created_gmt":"2014-10-20 13:24:43","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:21:23","author":"Leslie Ross","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-10-23T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-10-23T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-10-23T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-10-23 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-10-23 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-10-23 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"335421":{"id":"335421","type":"image","title":"Charles Casto","body":null,"created":"1449245150","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:05:50","changed":"1475895048","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:48","alt":"Charles Casto","file":{"fid":"200491","name":"carles-casto.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carles-casto_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/carles-casto_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":71845,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/carles-casto_0.jpg?itok=njm6yECY"}}},"media_ids":["335421"],"groups":[{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"},{"id":"1316","name":"Green Buzz"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"167090","name":"SPP"},{"id":"167955","name":"SPP Speaker Series"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}