Energia i regulacje · 20.09.1999

Twenty-Seventh Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting

The Twenty-Seventh Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will be held on October 25-27, 1999, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Bethesda Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, Maryland. The Water Reactor Safety Information Meeting will be opened by the NRC Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research Office Director, Ashok C. Thadani. Commissioner Jeffrey S. Merrifield will be the keynote speaker for the plenary session on Monday, October 25, 1999 at 9:00 a.m. and will be followed by an expert panel addressing the issue of the impact of emerging technologies on nuclear safety research. Panel members include NRC Commissioner Edward McGaffigan, Jr.; Sigma Xi Director and Former NRC Chairman, John Ahearne; EPRI Vice President, S&T Development & Chief Nuclear Officer, Robin Jones; NEI President & CEO, Joe Colvin; Framatome's Vice President of Corporate Research, Technology & Quality, M. A. Vallee; and the Department of Energy's Director of Nuclear Energy Science, & Technology, Bill Magwood. Technical sessions will be held in the afternoon. Chairman Greta J. Dicus will be the guest speaker on Tuesday morning at 8:30 a.m. and will be followed by technical sessions that will last until 5