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Project Title:
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America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs
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DEPS-L-07-02-A
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Major Unit:
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Division on Earth and Life Studies
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Transportation Research Board
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Sub Unit:
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RSO:
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Crowley, Kevin
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AEF: Nuclear Subgroup
January 22, 2008 - January 23, 2008
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001
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If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:
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| Contact Name:
LaNita Jones
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| Email:
ljones@nas.edu
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| Phone:
202.334.3344
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Fax:
202.334.2019
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Agenda:
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
9:30 am Call to order and welcome
Richard Meserve, Nuclear Subgroup chair
9:35 am Prospects for and Barriers to Emerging Technologies: Advanced
Reactors
Ralph Bennett, International Partnerships Director
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
Idaho Falls, ID
10:05 am Questions and discussion
BREAK (10:20 am-10:35 am)
10:35 am Cost Impacts of a Future Expansion of Nuclear Power
Jim Asselstine, Lehman Brothers (retired)
New York, NY
11:05 am Questions and discussion
11:20 am Economics of Nuclear Power: A Comparison of Recent Studies
Jim Harding, Consultant
Seattle, WA
11:50 am Questions and discussion
12:05 pm Lunch available in meeting room
12:20 pm The Long-term Prospects for Nuclear Energy: Discussion
Dennis Spurgeon, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Washington, DC
1:05 pm Prospects for and Barriers to Emerging Technologies: Advanced
Fuel Cycles
Philip Finck, Associate Laboratory Director, Nuclear Energy,
INL
Idaho Falls, ID
1:35 pm Questions and discussion
1:50 pm What do interested parties think about the expansion of
nuclear energy?
Gordon Thompson, Executive Director of the Institute for
Resource and Security Studies
Cambridge, MA
2:20 pm Questions and discussion
2:35 pm Public Resistance to a Significant Expansion of Nuclear Power
Michael Mariotte, Executive Director, Nuclear Information and
Resource Service
Takoma Park, MD
3:05 pm Questions and discussion
BREAK (3:20 pm-3:35 pm)
3:35 pm The Role of Nuclear Power in the U.S., Going Forward
Tom Cochran, Senior Scientist, NRDC
Washington, DC
4:05 pm Questions and discussion
4:20 pm Prospects for Nuclear Power in the United States: Financing
Richard Myers, Senior Director, Business Policy, NEI
Washington, DC
4:40 pm Questions and discussion
4:50 pm Prospects for Nuclear Power in the United States: Deployment
Adrian Heymer, Senior Director, New Plant Deployment, NEI
Washington, DC
5:10 pm Questions and discussion
5:20 pm Opportunity for public comment
5:50 pm Adjourn open session
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Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
John Ahearne
Jan Beyea
Douglas Chapin
Richard Meserve
Warren Miller
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Discussion of open session presentations. Needs for additional information. Review of chapter outline. Plans for completing the subgroup report. Plans for future meetings.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
“Which Power Generation Technologies Will Take the Lead in Response to Carbon Controls?” Standard and Poor’s, Ratings Direct.
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
February 6, 2008
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