Session BA: Societal Impact of Nuclear Physics

2:00 PM–4:24 PM, Thursday, October 26, 2006
Gaylord Opryland - Tennessee C

Sponsoring Unit: DNP
Chair: Richard Milner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abstract: BA.00003 : Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Origin and Path Forward

3:12 PM–3:48 PM

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Author:

  Victor H. Reis
    (Global Nuclear Partnership (GNEP))

The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) will be discussed, starting with its origins. The discussion will include the challenges to realizing the GNEP vision; these challenges are technical, economic, and political. The role of number of on-going activities will be discussed. The national science community, and nuclear science in particular, has the potential to contribute to advancement of GNEP on both technical and political fronts. This presentation will be used to engage the nuclear science community in a a dialog about how they might effectively contribute.