International Symposium:

The Role of Nuclear Energy in a Sustainable Environment

April 19-20, 2001

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Thursday, April 19, 2001

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 am Opening Remarks Mujid S. Kazimi, Director of CANES
Charles M. Vest, MIT President
9:20 am Session 1: Nuclear Energy and the Environment
Session Chair: Prof. Jefferson Tester, (former) Director of the MIT Energy Laboratory
(Laboratory for Energy and the Environment) Prof. Jose Goldemberg, U. of Sao Paolo, Brazil
Prof. Wolfgang Kroeger, PSI, Switzerland
10:40 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Prof. Michael Golay, MIT
Academician Evgeny Velikhov, Kurchatov Institute, Russia
12:20 pm Lunch (Hunsaker Room)
Moderator: Prof. Richard Lester, MIT Speaker: Prof. Paul Joskow,
Director of the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
2:00 pm Session 2: Nuclear Energy in a Deregulated Market
Session Chair: Prof. George Apostolakis, MIT Mr. Marvin Fertel, NEI
Mr. Katsuya Tomono, TEPCO, Japan
3:20 pm Coffee Break
3:40 pm Mr. Wes Taylor, TXU
Prof. Andrew Kadak, MIT
5:30 pm Reception and Poster Session: What Is Cooking at CANES?
(Chu and MacVicar Rooms)
Student Presentation of Research Projects
7:00 pm Dinner and Remarks by:
(Taylor Room) Prof. Jeffrey Freidberg,
Head of Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, MIT
Friday, April 20, 2001
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:00 am Session 3: Advanced Nuclear Energy Options
Session Chair: Dr. Pavel Hejzlar, MIT Prof. Neil Todreas, MIT
Mr. Alain Vallee, Framatome-ANP, France
10:20 am Coffee Break
10:40 am Mr. George Davis, Westinghouse
Dr. David Wade, ANL
12:00 noon Lunch (Hunsaker Room)
Moderator: Prof. Kent Hansen, MIT Speaker: Dr. Victor Reis,
SAIC and Former Assistant Secretary of Energy
1:30 pm Session 4: Rethinking the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Session Chair: Dr. Ed Arthur, LANL Prof. Ernest Moniz, MIT
Mr. Masao Suzuki, JNC
2:50 pm Coffee Break
3:10 pm Dr. Franck Carre, CEA, France
Dr. Vladimir Kagramanian, IAEA
4:30 pm Adjourn