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The Financial Support of the Following Organizations is Gratefully Acknowledged:
Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd.
National Science Foundation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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| (Sunday 16 July 2000 PM) | KEY NOTE PRESENTATIONS |
Discussion Leader: Jordi Bruno (QuantiSci, Spain)
- Peter Lyons [representing Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM)] "Progress on nuclear technology issues"
- Ingemar Grenthe (Royal Institute of Technology-Sweden) "How do the recent advances in actinide chemistry and molecular dynamics contribute to the design of waste management alternatives?"
- Richard Setlow (Brookhaven) "How can recent advances in the molecular biology of cancer contribute to our understanding of radiation risks at low doses?"
| (Monday 17 July 2000 AM) | Health Effects-Molecular and Cell Studies |
Discussion Leader: Tim Jorgensen (Georgetown)
- Les Braby (Texas A&M) "Cell communication and effective target size for carcinogenesis"
- Al Fornace (NIH) "The use of stress gene responses and functional genomics to assess radiation exposure"
- Charles Geard (Columbia) "Cell transformation by single alpha particles"
| (Monday 17 July 2000 PM) | Partitioning and Transmutation Techniques |
Discussion Leader: Alan Waltar (Texas A&M)
- Rodney Ewing (Michigan) "Source term partitioning and the development of waste forms"
- Greg vanTuyle (Los Alamos) "Challenges associated with accelerator-driven systems for transmutation of long-lived nuclear wastes"
| (Tuesday 18 July 2000 AM) | Radionuclide Transport |
Discussion Leader: Gilbert Eggermont (MOL, Belgium)
- Geert Volkaert (MOL, Belgium) "Integrating laboratory and in situ migration data in performance assessment for the Mol Clay Site"
- Heino Nitsche (Lawrence Berkeley) "Actinides at geologic and microbial interfaces"
- James Davis (US Geological Survey) "Adsorption, speciation and transport of Uranium(VI)"
| (Tuesday 18 July 2000 PM) | Young Scientists Session |
Discussion Leader: Art Janata (Georgia Tech)
- Oleg Egorov (Pacific Northwest Laboratory) "Automating analytical separations in radiochemistry"
- Rebecca Chamberlin (Los Alamos) "Technetium chemistry in aging alkaline tank wastes"
- Daniel F. Caputo (MIT) "The role of chemical speciation in radioactive waste management"
- Gabriele Fioni (CEA France) "Experimental study of the transmutation of actinides in high intensity neutron fluxes"
| (Wednesday 19 July 2000 AM) | Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycle |
Discussion Leader: Jerry Cuttler (AECL, Canada)
- Peter Boczar (AECL, Canada) "Advanced nuclear fuel cycles for heavy water moderated power reactors"
- Paul Chodak (Los Alamos) "Management of global plutonium inventories using light water reactors"
- Mike Todosow (Brookhaven) "A novel Thorium-based fuel concept with enhanced proliferation resistance"
| (Wednesday 19 July 2000 PM) | Health Effects-Organismic and Population Studies |
Discussion Leader: Tony Brooks (Washington State)
- Bob Ullrich (Texas-Galveston) "Mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis"
- John Boice (Intl Epidemiology Inst) "Current and future research in radiation epidemiology"
| (Thursday 20 July 2000 AM) | Risk Communication and Perception |
Discussion Leader: Arland Carsten (Brookhaven)
- Richard Peters (Center for Risk Communication) "Challenges of communicating radiation issues"
- James Flynn (UC-Santa Barbara) "Radiation risks, decisions, and risk communication"
- Roger Kasperson (Clark) "International perspectives on radioactive waste management: Engaging the future"
| (Thursday 20 July 2000 PM) | Radionuclide Mobility and Fate |
Discussion Leader: Roy Gephart (Pacific Northwest Laboratory)
- Andrew Felmy (Pacific Northwest Laboratory) "Fluid and contaminant transport in subsurface systems: Accelerated progress in quantitative analysis"
- Brian Looney (Savannah River) "Characterization of contamination source terms"
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Last Updated: May 4, 2006