A Review of U.S. International Efforts to Secure Radiological Materials

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
02:30 PM

[view archive webcast]

This hearing will review DOE and NRC efforts to secure radiological materials through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other multilateral organizations. Given the size of the task, both the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have come to rely on the IAEA to help implement the radiological source security program.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mr. Richard Stratford [view testimony]
  Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security
  U.S. Department of State
• Mr. Andrew Bieniawski [view testimony]
  Associate Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration
  U.S. Department of Energy
• Ms. Janice Dunn Lee [view testimony]
  Director, Office of International Programs
  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
• MR. EUGENE E. ALOISE [view testimony]
  Director, Nuclear & Nonproliferation Issues, Natural Resources and Environment
  Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

• Dr. Brian Dodd [view testimony]
  President
  Health Physics Society
• Dr. Charles Ferguson [view testimony]
  Fellow for Science and Technology
  Council on Foreign Relations
• Mr. Joel Lubenau [view testimony]
  Certified Health Physicist