Atoms for Peace + 50
Nuclear Energy & Science for
the Twenty-First Century

October 22, 2003
The Watergate Hotel

sponsored by
The Department of Energy
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum

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Transcripts & Presentations

Conference Final Report (2.5MB)

Keynote Presentations: Welcoming Remarks

Dr. John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy - transcript

Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy - transcript

Session One
Setting the Stage: President Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace

Susan Eisenhower, Chairman, The Eisenhower Institute - transcript

General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Eisenhower Institute; former Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to President Eisenhower; and former Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe - transcript

Session Two
Peaceful Power from Atomic Energy

Admiral F.L. “Skip” Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command - transcript
Harnessing Nuclear Technology for the Prosperity and Security of Our Nation

Donald C. Hintz, President, Entergy Corporation, and Chairman, Nuclear Energy Institute - transcript
transcript - The State of the Commercial Industry
PowerPoint - 2.5MB

William D. Magwood IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, Department of Energy - transcript
Nuclear Expansion: The Economic, Environmental and Political Challenges
PowerPoint - 7.6MB

Alain Bugat, Chairman, French Atomic Energy - transcript
World Market for Nuclear Energy
PowerPoint - 2.7MB

Andrew C. White, President & CEO of GE Nuclear - transcript
Nuclear Industry Infrastructure
Powerpoint - 1.4MB

Afternoon Keynote Address

Dr. Henry N. Wagner, Jr., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director of the Division of Radiation Health Services, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University - transcript
Nuclear Science: Implications for Medicine

Session Three
Controlling Nuclear Material

Paul M. Longsworth, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration - transcript
Controlling and Accounting for Existing Fissile Material, Pre-empting and Preventing the Creation of Weapons-Grade Fissile Material

Dr. Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies - transcript
Atoms for Peace and Its Impact on Non Proliferation Efforts

Ambassador Ronald F. Lehman, Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - transcript
The Future of International Nuclear Material Control
PowerPoint - 19.5MB

Philip Sewell, Senior Vice President,
United States Enrichment Corporation, Inc. (USEC) - transcript
Megatons to Megawatts: Turning Nuclear Warheads into Nuclear Energy

Session Four
Energy and Physics: The Horizons of Discovery

Dr. Jonathan A. Bagger, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University - transcript
Beyond the Nucleus: Matter, Energy, Space and Time
PowerPoint - 12.5MB

Dr. Alexei A. Abrikosov, Argonne Distinguished Scientist, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physics - transcript
Superconductivity

Dr. Michael S. Turner, Bruce V. & Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago - transcript
Looking Back in Time: Cosmic Recipe for the Early Universe

Dr. T. James Symons, Director, Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - transcript
Nature’s Recipe for Nuclear Matter

Enrico Fermi Presidential Award Dinner - Keynote Speaker

Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham - transcript

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