Speakers address bright future of nuclear power
At 8:30 a.m., Monday's Opening Plenary, "The Next 50 Years: Creating Opportunities," features welcoming remarks from Papay and ANS President James Tulenko. The Plenary launches the annual event with key leadership from the nuclear industry who offer context for the solutions their scientists and engineers have developed.
Plenary Speakers include:
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Clay Sell, Deputy Secretary of Energy.
Sworn into position in March 2005, Sell plays a vital role in maintaining and strengthening the economic and national security of the Nation while supporting the important scientific and research missions conducted by the Department of Energy.
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Peter Lyons, Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Lyons brings to the NRC eight years of experience as a science advisor to Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee working on such topics as military and civilian uses of nuclear technologies, nuclear nonproliferation, national and international science and nuclear policy, and energy research and development.
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Admiral John Grossenbacher, Laboratory Director, Idaho National Laboratory.
Grossenbacher has served as Battelle's Senior Vice President for Nuclear Science and Technology, focusing on joint nuclear science and technology programs among Battelle-managed laboratories and with collaborating organizations.
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Andrew C. White, President and CEO, GE Nuclear Energy.
White was named President and CEO of GE Energy's nuclear business, headquartered in Wilmington North Carolina, in January 2003. He has 24 years of experience with GE. He has responsibility for GE's nuclear business including advanced light water reactors and a wide array of technology-based products and services to help owners of both boiling water reactors and pressurized water reactors.
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Richard Meserve, President, Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Meserve, who served as Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) from 1999 to 2003 following many years as a partner at Covington & Burling, where he has returned as senior of counsel to the firm. In addition to his firm responsibilities, Dr. Meserve serves as President of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, a non-profit entity that undertakes fundamental research on the frontiers of biology, earth sciences, and astronomy.
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Samuel Ting, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ting received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of a heavy elementary particle he dubbed the J particle. He has directed major scientific experiments that have flown on the space shuttle and the International Space Station. Ting will also speak at the embedded Space Nuclear Power Topical.
Meeting officials with Mr. Papay, who is a California consultant, include Honorary General Chair Senator Pete V. Domenici, Assistant General Chair Ken Schultz from General Atomics, and General Chair Emeritus Loyd Wright of Southern California Edison.
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