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Project Title: America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs

PIN: DEPS-L-07-02-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
Transportation Research Board

Sub Unit:

RSO:
Crowley, Kevin

Subject/Focus Area:



AEF: Nuclear Power Subgroup Meeting
April 2, 2008 - April 3, 2008
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20001



If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: LaNita Jones
Email: ljones@nas.edu
Phone: 202.334.3344
Fax: 202.334.2019


Agenda:

America’s Energy Future
Nuclear Power Subgroup
Second Meeting: April 2-3, 2008

Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington DC

Public Agenda
Wednesday, April 2, 2008: Keck Center, Room 110

8:30 am Call to order and welcome
Richard Meserve, Nuclear Subgroup chair

8:35 am Overview of the Russian Sodium-Cooled Fast Reactor Program
Valentin Ivanov - Invited
Deputy Chairman
State Duma Energy Committee, Russia (previous)

9:05 am Questions and discussion

9:20 am Opportunity for public comment

9:30 am Adjourn open session

2:45 pm Call to order and welcome
Richard Meserve, Nuclear Subgroup chair

2:50 pm The U.S. Department of Energy’s Nuclear Energy Research Program:
Reactor Design and Fuel Cycle Choices
Paul Lisowski
Global Nuclear Energy Deputy Program Manager and Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle Management
U.S. Department of Energy

3:20 pm Questions and discussion

5:10 3:35 pm Opportunity for Public Comment

3:55 pm Adjourn open session

4:30 pm Discussion: The Economics of Building New Nuclear Power Plants in
the United States
Ernest Moniz (via teleconference)
Professor of Physics and Cecil and Ida Green Distinguished Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

5:00 pm Opportunity for Public Comment

5:15 pm Adjourn open session


Thursday, April 3, 2008: Keck Center, Room 105

9:30 am Call to order and welcome
Richard Meserve

9:35 am Nuclear Power’s Future: Advanced Technologies and Fuel Cycles
Per Peterson
Professor of Nuclear Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

10:05 am Questions and discussion

10:20 am Opportunity for public comment

10:35 am Adjourn open session


Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
John Ahearne
Jan Beyea
Doug Chapin
Richard Meserve
Warren Miller


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Report Draft and open session presentations.

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None.

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: April 3, 2008



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