U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale E. Klein
Visits Penn State and the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale E. Klein visited Penn State and the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering.  Klein gave a presentation, "Challenges and Opportunities in 'the Nuclear Renaissance' - A View from America's Chief Nuclear Regulator," on Thursday December 6 at the HUB-Robeson Auditorium on the Penn State University Park campus. The presentation was part of the Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering 2007-2008 Air Products Distinguished Lecture Series.

Klein, whose chairmanship expires in 2011, was appointed by President George W. Bush and took office in July 2006. He was formerly assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs. He was vice chancellor for special engineering programs at the University of Texas System and professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas, Austin.

Stores about Klein's visit appeared in the local newspaper the Centre Daily Times and Penn State's news on-line source the  Penn State Newswire as well as local television news stations.