Summary of the First Closing Plenary Session of the INMM Annual Meeting

Publication Date
Volume
26
Issue
1
Start Page
21
Author(s)
John C. Matter - Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Robert G. Behrens - Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
James R. Lemley - Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, USA
M. Teresa Olascoaga - Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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Abstract

For the first time, a closing plenary session was held as part of the 38th INMM Annual Meeting, on July 24, 1997, in Phoenix, Arizona. This session was organized by the INMM's Government-Industry Liaison Committee (GILC), chaired by John Matter (Sandia National Laboratories).

There were five invited speakers who addressed topics of current interest to the INMM membership:

  • Harold P. Smith, Jr., Ph.D., assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear and chemical and biological defense programs, U.S. Department of Defense;
  • William C. Potter, Ph.D., professor and director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies;
  • Frank S. Houck, Ph.D., senior scientist for international safeguards, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency;
  • Richard Hooper, Ph.D., director, Division of Concepts and Planning, International Atomic Energy Agency; and
  • Hironobu Okamoto, Ph.D., director, Washington Office, Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp.

This summary article of the closing plenary session was prepared by several members of the GILC.