Lyons To Deliver Second Lecture in Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure Systems Series
Peter B. Lyons on Regulatory Perspctives on U.S. Nuclear Power Infrastructure - Current or Future
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Reception at 3:30)
MIT E40-298
About the Series: Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure Systems
is a series co-sponsored by MIT's Center for Technology, Policy and
Industrial Development (CTPID) and Engineering Systems Division (ESD),
which will feature industry leaders who are experts in critical
infrastructure systems. The series will focus on the cascading effects
among systems such as transport, water, power, energy, power, and
telecommunications.
About the Lecture: Regulatory Perspectives on U.S. Nuclear Power Infrastructure - Current and Future
As one of the lecturers for the MIT seminar series "Perspectives on Critical Infrastructure Systems," Commissioner Peter B. Lyons of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will speak on the subject of the NRC mission to ensure the safety and security of our operating commercial nuclear power plants, the attendant regulatory challenges associated with today's security environment, and the prospect of new applications for certification of advanced reactor designs and for combined construction and operating licenses. Dr. Lyons will discuss the perspective of the regulator in ensuring that existing nuclear facilities are operated safely and securely as a necessary pre-requisite in establishing a stable regulatory environment for the potential construction of a new generation of advanced reactor designs. The historical and expected future regulatory challenges associated with ensuring adequate regulations for safety and security, and for facilitating an effective and efficient licensing process, will be addressed. Finally, Dr. Lyons will discuss his views on the human capital challenges to the NRC, nuclear industry, and science and technology enterprises as we move into the future.
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About the Speaker:
Peter B. Lyons
Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NCR)
The Honorable Peter B. Lyons was sworn in as a Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on January 25, 2005.
Dr.
Lyons brings to the NRC eight years of experience as a science advisor
to Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and the Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee. From 1997 to 2002, he focused on military and
civilian uses of nuclear technologies, national science policy and
nuclear nonproliferation. More recently, he was involved with issues on
national and international nuclear policy, energy research and
development, and hydrogen technology.
From 1969 to 1996,
Dr. Lyons worked in progressively more responsible positions at the Los
Alamos National Laboratory. During that time he served as director for
industrial partnerships, deputy associate director for energy and
environment, and deputy associate director-defense research and
applications. While at Los Alamos, he spent over a decade supporting
nuclear test diagnostics.
Dr. Lyons has published more
than 100 technical papers, holds three patents related to fiber optics
and plasma diagnostics, and served as chairman of the NATO Nuclear
Effects Task Group for five years.
A native of Nevada, Dr. Lyons received his doctorate in nuclear
astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology in 1969 and
earned a bachelor's degree in physics/math from the University of
Arizona in 1964. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
In addition, Dr. Lyons was elected to 16 years on the Los Alamos
School Board and spent six years on the University of New Mexico-Los
Alamos Branch Advisory Board. He is a resident of Virginia.
The
Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development (CTPID) hosts
a dozen research and education programs at MIT. CTPID's mission is to
develop new knowledge, advanced technological strategies, and
innovative partnerships that address global industrial and policy
issues. Current programs, supported by over 100 corporations and
government agencies, address industrial issues in the aerospace,
automotive, business and environment, materials systems, mobility,
telecommunications, and technology and law sectors.
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