WILKES-BARRE, PA. (November 10, 2009)- Issues facing the nuclear power industry in Pennsylvania will be explored when Wilkes University hosts a Public Forum on Nuclear Power. The event will be held from 10 a.m to noon on Friday, November 13 in Room 214 of the Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center, Franklin Street, on the University campus. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

• Jeff Hesel, plant manager, and Ron Romsky, emergency planner, for PPL’s Susquehanna facility will speak about “Production, Use, Storage, and Movement of Spent Radioactive Fuel.”

• Bernard Graham, dean, Nesbitt College of Pharmacy and Nursing, Wilkes University, who formerly worked in the nuclear power industry, will present his perspectives.