SYMPOSIUM ON

ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT:

THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR POWER

OCTOBER 2 - 4, 2002

A symposium addressing global energy issues, with a focus on the role of nuclear energy in meeting the increasing demand for energy supply, will be held on October 2-4 at the University of Michigan. The symposium will feature prominent speakers dicussing, in an open forum, global perspectives on energy technology and policy as well as recent development and challenges for advanced nuclear energy systems. There is no registration fee for the symposium and box lunches will be provided first-come first-served for October 3 and 4. For further details for the symposium, visit: www.ners.engin.umich.edu/energy.symp

or contact: Cherilyn Davis Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences 764-4260

brownsu@umich.edu

Symposium Program

Opening Lecture: 7:30-9:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 2, Hale Auditorium, Assembly Hall,

School of Business Administration

John P. Holdren, Harvard University:

Energy, Environment, the Human Condition,

and the Future of Nuclear Energy

With introduction by Rosina M. Bierbaum, Dean, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan. Reception to follow.

Welcoming Remarks: 8:15 a.m., Thursday, October 3, 340 West Hall

Stephen W. Director, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Michigan

1. National and Global Perspectives on Energy Challenges and Technology

Thursday, October 3, 8:30 a.m.-12:00 noon,

340 West Hall

8:30-9:15 Robert Williams, Princeton University.

The Nuclear/Decarbonized Coal/Wind Competition

9:15-10:00 Paul Portney, Resources for the Future:

Economics and the Evaluation of Energy Options

10:00-10:15 Coffee break

10:15-11:00 John F. Ahearne, NAS Board of

Radioactive Waste Management:

Radioactive Waste: What is it? Where is it?

Why is it a problem? (Or is it?)

11:00-11:45 Joan M. Ogden, Princeton University:

Potential Roles for Hydrogen in the Future Energy Systems

11:45-12:00 Questions and answers

2. Nuclear Fuel CYcle and the Environment

Thursday, October 3, 1:15-5:00 p.m.,

340 West Hall

1:15-2:00 Luther Carter, independent journalist: The Path to Yucca Mountain and Beyond

2:00-2:45 Margaret S.Y. Chu, DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management:

Yucca Mountain - U.S. Repository for High-Level Waste

2:45-3:00 Coffee break

3:00-3:45 Lynn M. Walter, University of Michigan:

Nuclear Fuel Cycle and the Carbon Cycle

3:45-4:30 David C. Wade, Argonne National Laboratory:

Goals for Nuclear Energy Systems, and Fuel Cycle Concepts Proposed for the Generation IV Roadmap

4:30-5:00 Panel discussion

5:00-6:00 Reception at Founder's Room, Alumni

Center

3. Risks of Proliferation and Diversion of Nuclear Technology

Friday, October 4, 8:15-11:45 a.m.,

G906 Cooley Building

8:15-9:00 Richard L. Garwin, Council on Foreign Relations:

Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Materials to States and Non-State Actors: What It Means for the Future of Nuclear Power

9:00-9:45 Rose Gottemoeller, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

Advancing Nonproliferation Goals in Nuclear Technology Cooperation

9:45-10:00 Coffee break

10:00-10:45 Harold A. Feiveson, Princeton University:

The Dilemma of Nuclear Power

10:45-11:30 Richard A. Meserve, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission:

Nuclear Security: Challenges for Today and Tomorrow

11:30-11:45 Questions and answers

11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Lunch

Keynote speech: Joseph Knollenberg,

U. S. House of Representatives (invited)

4. Generation IV Advanced Reactor Designs

Friday, October 4, 1:15 -5:00 p.m.,

G906 Cooley Building

1:15-2:00 Robert Versluis, DOE Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology:

Challenges for the Generation-IV Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

2:00-2:45 Patrick Ledermann, Commissariat