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In an effort to educate interested people about nuclear energy and nuclear waste, we are sponsoring presentations on nuclear subjects by industry specialists. Below you will find a synopsis of the presentations, photos, etc. we have held in 2005. We have converted the PowerPoint presentations to PDF format for downloading. To download, right click on the link and select "save file as" to your desktop.
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Fourth
Presentation 06/07/06 ANS
Meeting Reno, NV Crystal-1 Room Reno Hilton
"Radiation
and Modern Life"
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Alan E. Waltar, Ph. D
Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory
Alan E.
Waltar, Ph.D.,
currently
serves as Senior Advisor to the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, WA., having recently retired as
Director of Nuclear Energy. He was Professor and Head, Nuclear
Engineering, Texas A&M University from 1998 to 2002, where he helped
to build that program into the largest Department of Nuclear
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Dr. Waltar served as President of the 10,500-member American Nuclear Society during 1994-1995. He was elected a Fellow of the Society in 1984. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering (University of Washington), an M.S. in nuclear engineering (MIT), and a Ph.D. in engineering science (University of California, Berkeley).
His distinguished career with Westinghouse Hanford Company included leadership positions in several areas of advanced reactor technology. He served on the faculty at the University of Virginia where, with Professor Albert Reynolds, he co-authored the FAST BREEDER REACTORS textbook. In addition to organizing numerous international technical conferences, Dr. Waltar has published over 75 open literature scientific articles.
Dr. Waltar authored AMERICA THE POWERLESS: Facing Our Nuclear Energy Dilemma, in 1995 and has just published his newest book, RADIATION AND MODERN LIFE: Fulfilling Marie Curie’s Dream, which articulates the enormous beneficial uses of radiation to society.
Excerpts From: “Radiation and Modern Life” Alan E. Waltar, Ph.D.
High level radioactive waste is only “part” of mankind’s use of radiation! The following are excerpts from the book “Radiation and Modern Life” Alan E. Waltar, Ph. D. Most publicized discussions about radiation are about its detriment to our health. Here are some of “radiation’s many uses agriculture, medicine, electricity generation, space exploration and archeology. Today radiation related industry contributes “$450 billion to the US economy . . . 4.4 million related jobs” . . . everyday uses include wireless emergency exit signs . . . smoke detectors . . . DNA measurement processing uses radiation . . . airport security scanning systems . . . land mine detectors. The proverbial “bottom line” is that mankind’s “use of radiation” has effectively SAVED thousands and thousands of lives compared to those lost “learning to understand it”. No human advancement has ever been “loss free”.
Marie Curie: “We must learn not to fear radiation – but to understand it”.
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If you are interested in ordering Dr. Waltar's book the following link to Prometheus Books (PB) provides a link to Amazon or Barnes and Noble direct order pages for “Radiation and Modern Life” |
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Third
Presentation 04/03/06
Holiday Inn Downtown Reno
"Atomic
Time Machines: Back to the Nuclear Future"
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"Atomic Time
Machines: Back to the Nuclear Future"
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Second
Presentation 05/25/05 University of Nevada Reno, Electrical Engineering
Bldg.
"Nuclear
Energy and Yucca Mountain"
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Mr. Seidler's presentation on "Nuclear Energy and Yucca Mountain" reviews the safety of the Yucca project and he also discusses the nations diminishing numbers of nuclear scientists.
First
Presentation 02/07/05 University
of Nevada Reno, Electrical Engineering Bldg.
"The Health
Hazards of Not Going Nuclear"
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About 30 people attended our first nuclear information presentation on "The Health Hazards of Not Going Nuclear" by Peter G Shaw. He addressed the Northern Nevada Region-6 IEEE members, Optical Society of America, businesses and citizens in the Electrical Engineering building at University of Nevada Reno Tuesday FEB-6. The dissertation offered some technical information on the safety factors of nuclear power generation compared to other forms of energy production. A couple spirited discussions followed the formal meeting addressing issues of interest by the participants, nearly all agreed that some viable discussions were "talked about". The IEEE, American Optical Society and US Nuclear Energy thank all those who participated in our "Can We Talk" mission.
The data on these slide presentation pages ranges from approximately 1990 through 2005. Anyone wishing to provide substantiated updated data is certainly encouraged to send it along, we are happy to update our data.
The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory was the first and is one of the foremost Nuclear Energy research facilities in the world. The name has recently been changed to the Idaho National Laboratory dedicated to next generation nuclear power development.