Session 1:
(Sunday evening) |
Energy Overview |
Session Chair: Jiri (Art) Janata, Georgia Tech
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Wolf Hafele
Germany |
Nuclear Energy and Waste--A Global Perspective |
Hans-Holger Rogner
IAEA
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The Role of Nuclear Energy in Sustainable Development |
Session 2
(Monday morning) |
Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
Session Chair: Takehiko Mukaiyama, JAERI - Japan
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Massimo Salvatores
France |
New Features of Fission Systems (Critical & Subcritical) to Minimize Nuclear Waste |
David Torgeson
Canada |
Applications of HWR Technology to Reduce Nuclear Waste |
Nikolay Rabotnov
Russia |
Minimizing Nuclear Waste by Partitioning and Transmutation: The Physics of the Problem
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Session 3:
(Monday evening) |
Military Nuclear Waste |
Session Chair: Alexander Rimsky-Korsakov, Khlopin Institut, Russia
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Roy Gephart
PNNL |
The Science of Cleaning Up Military Nuclear Waste in the Western World |
Nikolai Egorov
MINATOM, Russia
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Cleanup of Military Nuclear Waste in the Former Soviet Union
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Session 4:
(Tuesday morning) |
Nuclear Waste Treatment |
Session Chair: James Laidler, ANL
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Don McCright
LLNL |
Materials Issues Associated with Nuclear Waste Encasement Technology |
Sue Ion
BNFL, UK |
The Application of Wet Reprocessing to Minimize Nuclear Fuel Waste |
Moriyasu Tokiwai
CRIEPI, Japan |
The Application of Dry Reprocessing to MOX, Metal and Nitride with Spent Fuels |
Session 5:
(Tuesday evening) |
Beneficial Uses of Nuclear Waste |
Session Chair: Dale Klein, U. Texas
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Robert Carretta
Society of Nuclear Medicine |
Turning Nuclear Waste Into Beneficial Medical Uses |
Harry Mussman
Dept. of Ag. (retired) |
Using Nuclear Technology to Improve Food Safety |
Robert Crease
State U. New York |
The Consequences of Failing to Communicate the Benefits of Nuclear Technology: The Brookhaven Story
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Session 6:
(Wednesday morning) |
Health Effects of Radiation |
Session Chair: Arland Carsten, BNL
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Myron Pollycove
NRC |
The Medical Basis for Human Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation |
Eric Hall
Columbia |
Is Conservative Prudent? A Case for The Linear No-Threshold Model |
Otto Raabe
UC Davis |
Protracted Radiation Exposures from Internal Radionuclides Yield Non-Linear Cancer Induction with an Effective Threshold |
Arthur Upton
NCRP |
Reflections on the Shape of the Dose-Response Curve: Adaptive Responses, Costs, and Benefits
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Session 7:
(Wednesday evening) |
Nuclear Proliferation |
Session Chair: Thomas Sanders, Sandia
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Harold Bengelsdorf
US State Dept. (retired) |
Implications of Unresolved Non-Proliferation Issues - The Plutonium Question |
Edward Arthur
LANL |
Implications of Nuclear Proliferation Within the Context of Comprehensive Global Energy Planning |
Harold Feiveson
Princeton |
The Proliferation Implications of What We do with Spent Fuel
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Session 8:
(Thursday morning) |
Environmental Protection |
Session Chair: Frank Settle, NSF
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Jordi Bruno
Spain |
Subterranean Transport of Nuclear Waste Materials. |
Betty Strietelmeier
LANL |
Biological Interactions with Radionuclides |
Steve Ghan
PNNL
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Atmospheric Implications of Nuclear Energy |
Session 9:
(Thursday evening) |
Ensuring our Future: R&D, Manpower, and Public Support |
Session Chair: C. Roland Haden, Texas A&M
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Honorable Pete Domenici
US Senate |
The Need for New Policies to Ensure Relevant Scientific R&D |
Gregory Choppin
Florida State |
Can We Maintain the Necessary Scientific Manpower? |
James Flynn
Decision Research |
Communicating Science to the Public: Our Last Frontier |