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Atoms for Peace + 50
Nuclear Energy & Science for
the Twenty-First Century
October 22, 2003
The Watergate Hotel
Washington, D.C.
Sponsored by
The Department of Energy
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
Transcripts & Presentations
President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” speech 
Keynote Presentations: Welcoming Remarks
Dr. John H. Marburger III, Science Advisor to the President and Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy Transcript
Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy Transcript
Session 1: Setting the Stage: President Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace
Susan Eisenhower, Chairman, The Eisenhower Institute Transcript
General Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.), Senior Fellow, Eisenhower Institute; former Staff Secretary and Defense Liaison Officer to President Eisenhower; and former Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe Transcript
Session 2: Peaceful Power from Atomic Energy
Admiral F.L. “Skip” Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, Naval Sea Systems Command
Harnessing Nuclear Technology for the Prosperity and Security of Our Nation Transcript
Donald C. Hintz, President, Entergy Corporation, and Chairman, Nuclear Energy Institute
The State of the Commercial Industry Transcript || Powerpoint (2.5 MB)
William D. Magwood IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, Department of Energy
Nuclear Expansion: The Economic, Environmental and Political Challenges Transcript || Powerpoint (7.6 MB)
Alain Bugat, Chairman, French Atomic Energy
World Market for Nuclear EnergyTranscript || Powerpoint (2.7 MB)
Andrew C. White, President & CEO of GE Nuclear
Nuclear Industry Infrastructure Transcript || Powerpoint (1.4 MB)
Afternoon Keynote Address
Dr. Henry N. Wagner, Jr., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director of the Division of Radiation Health Services, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
Nuclear Science: Implications for Medicine Transcript
Session 3: Controlling Nuclear Material
Paul M. Longsworth, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration
Controlling and Accounting for Existing Fissile Material, Pre-empting and Preventing the Creation of Weapons-Grade Fissile Material Transcript
Dr. Lawrence Scheinman, Distinguished Professor, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute for International Studies
Atoms for Peace and Its Impact on Non Proliferation Efforts Transcript
Ambassador Ronald F. Lehman, Director, Center for Global Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The Future of International Nuclear Material Control Transcript || Powerpoint (19.5 MB)
Philip Sewell, Senior Vice President,
United States Enrichment Corporation, Inc. (USEC)
Megatons to Megawatts: Turning Nuclear Warheads into Nuclear Energy Transcript
Session 4: Energy and Physics: The Horizons of Discovery
Dr. Jonathan A. Bagger, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University
Beyond the Nucleus: Matter, Energy, Space and Time Transcript || Powerpoint (12.5 MB)
Dr. Alexei A. Abrikosov, Argonne Distinguished Scientist, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, and winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physics
Superconductivity Transcript
Dr. Michael S. Turner, Bruce V. & Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago
Looking Back in Time: Cosmic Recipe for the Early Universe Transcript
Dr. T. James Symons, Director, Nuclear Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nature’s Recipe for Nuclear Matter Transcript
Enrico Fermi Presidential Award Dinner & Keynote Address
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham Transcript