Accidents, weapons: radiation is real, but effects dramatized? Fact v. fiction, potential. Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., physicist, 12 years’ Naval War College experience, NSDM staff.
Long Description:
Nuclear reactor and weapons accidents, radiological assassination tools and weapons of mass destruction, fallout from nuclear tests and combat, hazards of medical waste. Radiation is real, but how much of the threat is dramatized or fictionalized by authors and screenplay writers, or demagogued activists with agendas? Lecture discusses the history and the potential, and attempts to separate the facts, engineering and science from the science fiction. Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., a physicist with 12 years’ experience at the Naval War College, currently on the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
Event Type:
SEM - Seminar
Minimum Players:
1
Maximum Players:
100
Age Required:
Teen (13+)
Experience Required:
None (You've never played before - rules will be taught)
Materials Provided:
Yes
Duration:
2
Game Master Names:
Mark McDonagh, Michael Tucker, Merle Robinson, Gregory Maus, Jason Corner, Brian Garland, Ryan Good, Ted Hale, David March, Ronald Homer, Shawn Kratzert, Evan Siegling, Ryan Pierce, Joseph Shelby