Thursday, July 16, 2009

9:00 a.m. - Welcome and General Introduction: Dr. Michael Wirth (Dean, CCI), Dr. Peter Gross (Director, JEM), Dr. Mark Littmann (Professor and Hill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing), Ms. Amy Lee (McCormick Institute)

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9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Dr. Nicole L. Stricker, (Science Writer, Idaho National Laboratory), "Nuclear Energy Reporting: Putting Risks in Perspective."

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 - Q & A

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10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

William Tucker (Science Writer), "How Nuclear Energy Will Lead the Green Revolution"

10:45 a.m. - 11: 00 a.m.

Q & A

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11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK

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11:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Panel Discussion: "Is There a Future for Nuclear Energy and How are the Media Covering that Future?"

Dr. Ashok Bhatnagar, William Tucker, Matthew Wald (N.Y. Times), Dr. Dan Ingersoll (ORNL)

Friday, July 17, 2009

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Dr. Edwin Lyman (Union of Concerned Scientists), "The Dangers of Nuclear Power and Its Implications"

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. -

Q & A

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9:45 - 10:15 a.m.

Dr. Ashok Bhatnagar (TVA): "The Future of Nuclear Power"

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Q & A

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10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. COFFEE BREAK

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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Scott Peterson  (VP for Communications, Nuclear Energy Institute), "Why Nuclear Power Is the Future"

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. -

Q & A

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11:15 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Panel Discussion: "Is Nuclear Power Covered Fairly and Correctly?"

Dr. Nicole L. Stricker, Dr. Edwin Lyman, Scott Peterson, Matthew Wald, William Tucker, Keith Rogers

Saturday, July 18, 2009

9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Matthew Wald (N.Y. Times), " Is the Nuclear Renaissance Real and What are Some of the Competitive Problems Facing the Industry"

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Q & A

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9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Janet Raloff (Senior Editor, Science News), "Covering the Science of Nuclear Power"

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Q & A

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10:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Keith Rogers (Energy Reporter, Las Vegas Review Journal), "Adventures Covering Nuclear Waste")

11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Q & A

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11:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Panel Discussion: "What the Public Doesn't Understand About Nuclear Power"

Janet Raloff, Keith Rogers, William Tucker, Dr. Nicole L. Stricker

12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. 

LUNCH

12:00 p.m. - 1:30p.m.

LUNCH

12:00 noon 

 Closing Remarks and DEPARTURE

1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Dr. Dan Ingersoll, (ORNL), "Deliberately Small Reactors in the 2nd Nuclear Era"

2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.

Q & A

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2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Dr. Harold Lee Dodds, Jr. (UT Nuclear Engineering), "Nuclear Power Today and in the Future"

2:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Q & A

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3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

COFFEE BREAK

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3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Panel Discussion: "Nuclear Power: Myths and Misconceptions"

Dr. Dan Ingersoll, Dr. Nicole L. Stricker (Science Writer, Idaho National Laboratory), Keith Rogers (Energy reporter, Las Vegas Review Journal), Dr. Harold Lee Dodds, Jr.

1:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Oak Ridge National Laboratory:

We'll see the supercomputers, and visualization wall, the Spallation Neutron Source, the Nano Science Center, and the historic Graphite Reactor, where a sustained chain reaction in 1944 demonstrated the potential of nuclear energy for bombs and electrical power.

6:30 p.m. Dinner (TBA)

6:30 p.m. Dinner (TBA)