Welcome to the NonProliferation of WMD Workshop Session

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Welcome to the Non-Proliferation of WMD Workshop
Session

• Student ANS Conference Moderator
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Earl Lynn
  Tipton,
• March 31, 2006 Graduate Student,
• 500 700 pm (530 730 ish) University of
  Missouri-Columbia

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Workshop organized through

• The University of Missouri-Columbia Nuclear
  Science and Engineering Institute
• The Air Force Institute of Technology
• Texas AM
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Welcome and introduce panelist

• Dr. Mark Prelas - Professor of Nuclear
  Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Dr. James Petrosky - Professor of Nuclear
  Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology
• Dr. Robert Tompson - Professor of Nuclear
  Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia
• Sean Branney Graduate Student, University of
  Missouri-Columbia
• Dr. William Charlton Professor of Nuclear
  Engineering, Texas AM

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Motivation for workshop

• To help educate students about some issues in the
  nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction
  and to motivate students to pursue interests in
  this area.

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Non-Proliferation Education/Opportunities

• Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
• http//www.inmm.org
• IAEA internship opportunity hosted through
  Brookhaven
• http//iaeainternship.bnl.gov/Internship/Home
• Many educational courses and studies are out
  there
• Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute at the
  University of Missouri-Columbia
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Texas AM
• University of California Berkeley
• Many others offer courses (nearly all top
  universities are offering courses)
• Links to these and other opportunities will be
  posted along with the panelist presentations and
  topic discussions at www.missouri.edu/elt70d/i
  ndex

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Organization for the workshop
Introduction Panelist Talks What is a WMD and
is Nuclear the Biggest Threat Dr. Prelas,
University of Missouri-Columbia Motivations for
Proliferation and the Emerging Energy
Problem Dr. Petrosky, Air Force Institute of
Technology What Would the World be Like Without
the NPT A Plausible Scenario? Dr. Tompson,
University of Missouri-Columbia The Nuclear
Threat, Past and Present Sean Branney,
University of Missouri-Columbia Short
Break Panel Questions/Comments Topic
Discussions Closing
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Question/Answer format for panelist presentations

• Please submit your questions/comments on the
  cards provided.
• We will address the questions/comments after the
  panelists have finished presenting their
  materials.

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Goals for topic discussions

• The purpose of the topic discussions is to
  generate a meaningful, critical analysis for a
  prepared topic of interest.
• The goal for each topic discussion is to promote
  awareness about the subject and to generate
  useful discussion for a given problem associated
  with the topic.

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Guidelines for topic discussions

• A series of slides will be presented containing
  talking points for the specified topic.
• The discussion will be open and led by the topic
  leader and moderator.
• The total time allocated for each topic
  discussion will be approximately 15 minutes
  depending on the level of discussion and
  progress.
• Before commenting, please raise your hand and you
  will be called upon by the topic moderator.
• We will address as many as time permits.