Revival of nuclear energy highlights ANS's '02 Annual Meeting
To satisfy the growing demand for energy in the United States, and to protect the environment from emissions produced by fossil-burning fuels, nuclear power is an economic and environmentally friendly alternative to meeting the country's energy needs.
A plenary session on "The Revival of the Nuclear Energy Option" will open the annual meeting on Monday, June 10. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will deliver the keynote address.
William Magwood, director of the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, leads the plenary panel that also includes Joe Colvin, president and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute, Rep. Jerry Paul (R-Dist. 71), Deputy Majority Whip of the Florida House of Representatives, and Zack Pate, chairman of the World Association of Nuclear Operators.
J.A. (Art) Stall, site vice president of Florida Power & Light Co., is general chair of the 2002 ANS Annual Meeting. Dr. Nils J. Diaz, commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission serves as honorary chair. R. Don Mothena, manager of Nuclear Plant Support Services with Florida Power & Light Co. serves as assistant general chair and Dr. Samim Anghaie, a professor at the University of Florida, is technical program chair.
The International Congress on Advanced Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP) will conduct its topical meeting in conjunction with the ANS Annual Meeting.
ANS and the ICAAP will hold a joint plenary focusing on market-ready nuclear power plants. Speakers include:
- Thomas Miller, Director, Office of Technology and International Cooperation, U.S. Department of Energy
- Michael Sellman, President & CEO, Nuclear Management Co.
- Thomas A. Christopher, President & CEO, Framatome ANP
- Mark T. Savoff, President, General Electric Nuclear
- James A. Fici, Senior Vice President-Nuclear Plant Projects, Westinghouse
The complete program of the ANS Annual Meeting can be found on the ANS web site at www.ans.org/meetings/annual/.
NOTE TO MEDIA: Members of the media are welcome to attend all sessions at the ANS Annual Meeting. A press conference will be held in Ballroom #1 of the Westin Diplomat Hotel at 10 a.m., Tuesday, June 11.
Members of the media are asked to register for free press badges and meeting materials at the ANS registration area in the Regency Ballroom Foyer, located on the Grand Ballroom Level of the Westin Diplomat. Registration hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday, June 9; 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 7:30 to 10 a.m., Thursday.
For more information, please contact ANS at 708-579-8224 prior to June 8, or at the Westin Diplomat from June 8 to June 13 at 954-602-6000.
