LANL PARTICIPATES IN ANS MEETING

American Nuclear Society 2006 Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo

"Ensuring the Future in Times of Change: Nonproliferation and Security"

November 12-16, 2006 — Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque Convention Center, Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, and Doubletree Albuquerque

General Co-Chairs

Michael R. Anastasio (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
Thomas O. Hunter (Sandia National Laboratories)

Key LANL sessions

Monday, 11/13, 8 a.m.
Opening Plenary Session, Co-Chairs Michael Anastasio (LANL) and Thomas Hunter (SNL); additional remarks by U.S. Senators Pete Domenici and Jeff Bingaman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein

Tuesday, 11/14, 4 p.m.
Nonproliferation and Security, J. Douglas Beason, LANL Associate Director for Threat Reduction

Wednesday, 11/15, 7 p.m.
Focus on Communications: Speaking to the Media, panel session including Jeff Berger, LANL Communications Director

During the week

Other LANL participants will address the following topics:

• Radiation Protection and Shielding
• Nuclear Reactor Design
• Radiation Transport
• Homeland Security Technologies
• Computational Resources for Radiation Protection and Shielding
• Burn-up and Depletion Modeling
• Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Safeguards Measurement Technologies
• Mathematical Modeling
• Space Reactor Development
• Radiation Shielding
• Hand Calculations in Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses
• Reactor Physics
• Experiments in Support of Accelerator Applications
• Safeguarding Radiation Sources and Radioactive Materials
• Nuclear Criticality Safety Standards
• Computational Thermal Hydraulics

Nuclear Technology Expo, Convention Center Southwest Exhibit Hall, LANL Booth #117 Exhibitor list, booth guide

Exhibit hall hours

Sunday, 11/12, 6 - 7:30 p.m., ANS President's reception (ticket holders only)
Monday, 11/13, 11:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday, 11/14, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS

Michael Anastasio, Lab Director, BIO

Dr. Anastasio has been the Director of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) since June 1, 2006, and is President of the Los Alamos National Security, LLC. The Laboratory is a principal contributor to the Department of Energy’s programs to maintain the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile and to reduce the international dangers posed by weapons of mass destruction.  Prior to his current position, Dr. Anastasio was the Director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 2002 until 2006.

Dr. Anastasio has received numerous commendations and is widely recognized for his leadership in national security science and the safe stewardship of nuclear weapons. He is the recipient of the 1990 DOE Weapons Recognition of Excellence Award for technical leadership in nuclear design. The award acknowledged Anastasio's outstanding theoretical and experimental contributions to understanding boost physics.