2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization
Co-hosted by Austria, Norway and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization built on the results of the first Symposium in Oslo in 2006. The Vienna Symposium revisited the issue of highly enriched uranium (HEU) minimization, reviewed the progress made and scope of efforts to date, remaining challenges and possible new measures to address them.
- Vienna, Austria
Co-hosted by Austria, Norway and the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the 2nd International Symposium on HEU Minimization built on the results of the first Symposium in Oslo in 2006. The Vienna Symposium revisited the issue of highly enriched uranium (HEU) minimization, reviewed the progress made and scope of efforts to date, remaining challenges and possible new measures to address them. Support for minimization of civilian HEU is growing – this has been reflected at the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference and the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit. The Symposium focused attention on HEU minimization in the civilian nuclear complex around the world, provided realistic policy discussion and elaboration, and facilitated a dialogue about national and international efforts to minimize and eventually eliminate the use of HEU in the civilian sector.
Read the summary of the Symposium.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Welcoming Remarks
- Ambassador Helmut Böck, Permanaent Representative of Austria to the United Nations in Vienna.
- Corey Hinderstein, Vice President, International Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Opening Keynote Address
Panel 1: HEU-Fuelled Operating Facilities and Remaining Challenges
- Chair: Alexander Bychkov, Deputy Director General, Department of Nuclear Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Dr. Ramamurti Rajaraman, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (India) and Co-Chair, International Panel on Fissile Materials
- Dr. Pavel Podvig, International Panel on Fissile Materials (Russia)
- Dr. Ole Reistad, Institute for Energy Technology (Norway)
Panel 2: HEU Minimization Successes: Technical, Political and Economic Drivers
- Chair: Styrkaar Hustveit, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority
- Michael Druce, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization
- Dr. Daniel Iracane, Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (France)
- Dr. Umar Salikhbaev, Institute of Nuclear Physics (Uzbekistan)
- Nineta Bărbulescu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania
- Dr. Kevin Crowley, National Academies of Science (US)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Panel 3: HEU Minimization Challenges in the US and Russia – Political, Technical and Economic Issues
- Chair: Corey Hinderstein, Vice President, International Program, Nuclear Threat Initiative
- Anton Khlopkov, Center for Energy and Security Studies (Russia)
- Dr. Alan Kuperman, University of Texas – Austin (US)
- Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (US)
- Dr. Jordi Roglans-Ribas, Argonne National Laboratory (US)
- Dr. Matthew Bunn, Harvard University (US)
Panel 4: Global HEU Minimization Challenges – Political, Technical and Economic Issues
- Chair: Elena Sokova, Vienna Centre for Non-proliferation and Disarmament
- Dr. Tadahiro Katsuta, Meiji University (Japan)
- Dr. Annette Schaper, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (Germany)
- Chad Westmacott, OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency
- Dr. Winfried Petry, Technical University Munich (Germany)
Panel 5: International Cooperative Efforts – Governments, Industry and International Organisations
- Chair: Professor William Potter, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation (US)
- Dr. Roger Howsley, World Institute for Nuclear Security
- Pablo Adelfang, International Atomic Energy Agency
- Parrish Staples on behalf of Jeff Chamberlin, National Nuclear Security Administration (US)
- Mark Hibbs, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (US)
- Lars van Dassen, Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Panel 6: High Level Policy Views on HEU Minimization
- Chair: Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (Austria)
- Dr. Parrish Staples, National Nuclear Security Administration (US)
- Ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia
- Carlos Feu Alvim, Economy and Energy, formerly of Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials
- Ambassador Cho Hyun, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna
