NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPACE: NONPROLIFERATION RISKS AND SOLUTIONS, Oct 17, 2019, DC, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET

Update:  The venue has been changed to accommodate the larger than expected audience.  It now will take place at the Archer Center-University of Texas (DC), 1750 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC.

Original entry: The Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Project (NPPP) of the University of Texas at Austin will hold a symposium at the LBJ Washington Center, 1100 New York Ave, NW, Suite 290, Washington, DC, on October 17, 2019, from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm ET on “Nuclear Energy in Space: Nonproliferation Risks and Solutions.”

The event is free, but pre-registration is required.  Instructions are on the event’s website.

Speakers (as of September 9) are:

• Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) – U.S. House of Representatives
• Jeffrey A. Sheehy – NASA, Chief Engineer, Space Technology Mission Directorate
• Jericho Locke and Bhavya Lal – IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
• Paolo Venneri – USNC-Space, CEO/Director
• Vanessa Clark and William Kowalski – Atomos Nuclear and Space, CEO and COO
• Steven Howe – Howe Industries
• Jeffrey C. King – Colorado School of Mines, Associate Professor
• Edwin Lyman – Union of Concerned Scientists, Senior Scientist
• Alan J. Kuperman – University of Texas at Austin, Associate Professor