ANN ARBOR—As the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan approaches, nuclear experts from the nation’s No. 1-ranked program at the University of Michigan are available to discuss its aftermath and how it might inform the field’s future in the United States and abroad.

Gary Was can discuss the accident, its impacts on the reactor cores and lessons learned. He is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. Watch video showing what he said in 2011: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztTiNcWTT54. Reach him at (734) 763-4675 or [email protected].

Kim Kearfott is an expert on the health effects of radiation. She visited Japan in the aftermath of the disaster. Kearfott is developing inexpensive, dime-sized sensors that she says could dramatically improve tracking of radiation in the event of a nuclear disaster related to energy or a terrorist attack. Watch video showing what she said in 2011: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNS7zgXEr80. She is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. Reach her at (734) 763-9117 or [email protected].

John Lee conducts research on reactor safety. He is knowledgeable about the type of boiling water reactor used in the Japanese power plants. His book “Risk and Safety Analysis of Nuclear Systems” was published last July. Lee can discuss the disaster aftermath and steps that should be taken going forward. He is one of several professors who shared their thoughts in this video in 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2MVcAZnowo. Lee is a professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences. Reach him at (734) 764-9379 or [email protected].

Andrew Maynard, professor of environmental health sciences and director of the U-M Risk Science Center, studies the potential health and environmental impacts of emerging technologies. Specific topics he can discuss include the health, environmental, social and economic impacts of emerging technologies such as nanotechnology, synthetic biology and geoengineering; developing science and oversight policy that addresses emergent risks without unnecessarily stifling innovation; risk communication; and enabling members of the public, policymakers, industry and NGOs to make science-informed decisions on risks to human health and the environment. Maynard writes and testifies widely on managing the potential impacts of emerging technologies on society. He can be reached at (734) 647-6856 or [email protected].