Georgetown University

WHO:

Panel members include:

• Michael R. Carter, deputy principal associate director for programs/global security at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Robert Gallucci, Dean of Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
• Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, senior fellow at Belfer Center for science and international studies at Harvard University, and former director of intelligence and counterintelligence at U.S. Department of Energy
• Paul M. Maniscalco, senior research scientist and principal investigator at the Homeland Security Policy Institute at George Washington University
• Paul McHale, member of the government contracts practice at McKenna, Long & Aldridge, LLP
• Randall S. Murch, associate director of research program development at Virginia Tech
• Laura Rockwood, principal legal officer at the International Atomic Energy Agency
• Henry Schuster, producer of “60 Minutes” at CBS

WHAT:

“Attribution: Post-Nuclear Event:" a panel discussion on the aftermath of nuclear disaster

Panelists will first address the realities of a nuclear event, such as the detonation of a nuclear weapon by terrorists in a populated urban center, focusing on the ramifications of such a nuclear attack and how first responders and local authorities can best react in its aftermath. They will also discuss the issue of nuclear attribution; specifically, the mechanics of tracing the "nuclear signature" of fissile materials used in a nuclear explosion and identifying the facility that produced it.

WHEN:

April 22, 2009 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University
ICC Auditorium
37th & O Streets, NW
Washington, D.C. 20057

SPONSORS:

The Institute for International Law and Politics, Georgetown University
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency

COVERAGE:

Media interested in attending must RSVP to Katie Martha at 202-687-4328 or kpm43@georgetown.edu. Press will need to present valid credentials on campus.