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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON NONPROLIFERATION AND NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM The Workshop will be held at Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryCheck the Workshop Agenda for details
RECEPTION for the Participants of the 3rd UC Forum and Young Professional Workshop
05:30 PM - 06:30 PM Reception (UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room)
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM New Nuclear Research Center at Berkeley (Jasmina Vujic and David McCallen)
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009 (MORNING)
FACULTY CLUB, SEABORG ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Continental Breakfast (Faculty Club, Seaborg Room)
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM Welcoming Remarks (Jasmina Vujic, UCB NE)
8:05 AM - 8:20 AM Key Messages from the 2nd UCOP Asia-Pacific Forum on Integration
of Sustainability, Safety and Security of Nuclear Technology (David McCallen, LBNL) [presentation]
SESSION I: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE PROLIFERATION RISK OF NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION
Organizers /Co-Chairs: Mona Dreicer (LLNL) and Nancy Jo Nicholas (LANL)
8:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Introduction
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Link between nuclear disarmament and Nonproliferation in the context of nuclear energy expansion (Mona Dreicer, LLNL) [presentation]
08:45 AM - 09:15 AM "Back-end" Proliferation Risks and Issues (Geoffrey Shaw, Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office) [presentation]
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM DISCUSSION and Q&A
09:30 AM - 12:00 PM PLENARY AND PANEL DISUSSIONS: Risks and Challenges Associated with Reprocessing and Waste Disposal
Chinese Perspective (Ning Li, China) [presentation]
Korean Perspective (Yongsoo Hwang, KAERI, Korea) [presentation]
Japanese Perspective [abstract] (Yusuke Kuno, JAEA) [presentation]
Australian Perspective [abstract] (Geoffrey Shaw, ASNO) [presentation]
10:50 AM - 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM-12:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Luncheon (Faculty Club)
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2009 (AFTERNOON)
SESSION II: EMERGING PROLIFERATION RESISTANT AND PHYSICALLY SECURE TECHNOLOGIES
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Organizer/ Co-Chairs: Per Peterson (UCB) and Keith Bradley (LLNL)
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM Overview of issues for proliferation resistance and physical protection [abstract] (Robert Bari, Brookhaven National Laboratory) [presentation]
02:00 PM - 02:30 PM DISCUSSION and Q&A
02:30 PM - 04:30 PM PLENARY AND PANEL DISUSSIONS: Emerging Technologies
2:30 PM - 2:50 PM Advanced Safeguards and Proliferation Resistance of the Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle Systems [abstract] (Yusuke Kuno, JAEA) [presentation]
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM Emerging trends for physical protection [abstract] (Mark Snell, Sandia National Laboratory) [presentation]
3:10 PM - 3:30 PM Emerging and innovative concepts for reactors [abstract] (Roald Wigeland, Idaho National Laboratory) [presentation]
03:30 PM - 4:30 PM PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM Reception (UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room)
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM Dinner (UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room)
After Dinner Lecture Introduction: Per Peterson
Dinner Keynote Speaker: William Tobey, Harvard Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University [abstract] [talk]
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009 (MORNING)
FACULTY CLUB, SEABORG ROOM, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Continental Breakfast (Faculty Club, Seaborg Room)
SESSION III: DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE & REGULATIONS
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Organizers/ Co-Chairs: Robert Budnitz (LBNL) and Jor-Shan Choi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM How will the implementation of multi-national fuel cycle models impact nonproliferation policy and the verification of compliance with safeguards commitments? [abstract] (John Ahearne, Sigma Xi) [presentation]
09:20 AM - 09:40 AM Fuel take-back/assurances (Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Sciences) [presentation]
9:40 AM - 10:00 AM DISCUSSION and Q&A
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Are international formal mechanisms required or can like-minded nations leading the way be sufficient? (Yong-Soo Hwang, KAERI) [presentation]
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM International Waste repositories (Tom Isaacs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) [presentation]
10:30 AM - 10: 45 AM How are safeguard norms to be enforced? [abstract] (Yusuke Kuno, JAEA) [presentation]
10:45 AM - 11:10 AM The GeoPolitics of Energy - achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040 (James Conca, New Mexico State University) [paper] [presentation part1] [presentation part2]
11:10 AM - 12:00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM Luncheon (Faculty Club)
SESSION IV: MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN NONPROLIFERATION AND PHYSICAL SECURITY
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Organizer Co-Chairs: Mona Dreicer (LLNL) and Nancy Jo Nicholas (LANL)
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM PLENARY AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Industry Solutions [abstract] (Caroline Jorant, Areva) [presentation]
University Perspectives [abstract] (Raymond Juzaitis, TAMU) [presentation]
Sharing Best Practices (Nancy Jo Nicholas, WINS) [presentation]
Next Generation Safeguards Initiation (NA_24 Representative, NNSA)
PANEL DISCUSSION and Q&A
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM R&D Programs to address nonproliferation and physical security challenges [abstract] (Paul Lisowski, DOE) [presentation]
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Closing remarks (Per Peterson, UCB)
