S.C. African American Chamber to sponsor discussion on future of nuclear energy | Environment

The S.C. African American Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a panel discussion and town hall-style educational forum on nuclear energy on Friday, March 1.

The event, Nuclear Matters: Redefining Our Energy Future, will be held in the gymnatorium at Allen University from 6 pm to 7 pm.

The discussion will feature policy leaders such as Assistant U.S. House Democratic Leader James Clyburn; SCANA Corp. senior vice president and SCE&G chief nuclear officer Jeff Archie; and Dot Harris, director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Economic Impact and Diversity.

Co-sponsors include the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Politic365, Allen University, and CASEnergy. The moderator will be Kristal High, editor-in-chief of Politic365.

The discussion will follow a special meet-and-greet reception, which will begin at 5:30.

Allen University's John Hurst Adams Gymnatorium is at 1530 Harden Street in Columbia.