LNS Special Colloquium

Friday, May 2, 2008
2:00 p.m. Bldg. E25-111
Discussion period 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Refreshments 1:45 p.m. outside the room

"Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power and Climate Change: Options and Opportunities for the Next Administration"

Victor H. Reis
Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy

Abstract:
On January 20, 2009 the next President of the United States will take office and the next administration will  face a series of issues related to the domestic and international nuclear enterprise. During the past year a small group at the Department of Energy has been analyzing these issues with a view toward providing the Presidential and Department of Energy transition team an objective perspective on how the U.S .nuclear enterprise – nuclear weapons, nuclear power, nuclear materials, taken together, can play a pivotal role in current and future U.S. national security, economic well being, and the environment (including climate change). This talk will review the results of this effort so far, and will elicit comments and suggestions from the attendees.

Information on Victor Reis
Victor H. Reis is Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, Department of Energy, with primary responsibility for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, part of President George W. Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative. He is also a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of the U.S. Strategic Command.