2011 Special Summit on New Nuclear Energy Roundtable:
Advancing Nuclear Technology

• John Parmentola, General Atomics
• Finis Southworth, NGNP Alliance
• Robert Prince, Hyperion Power Generation
• Eric Loewen, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy

About the Summit:
The Special Summit features perspectives from government, industry and the non-governmental community as well as roundtable discussions on the state of the global "Nuclear Renaissance" -- including lessons from the recent earthquake and tsunami-related events at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in Japan; insight from the financial community on new nuclear investment; status reports on new nuclear "first movers"; and assessments of the U.S. licensing paradigm. The Special Summit will also focus on new nuclear infrastructure readiness including nuclear technology advancement; supply chain and workforce readiness; and development of a sustainable fuel cycle. The Special Summit is moderated by Llewellyn King, the Executive Producer and Host of White House Chronicle on PBS — a news and public affairs program airing nationwide and on XM Satellite Radio. He is also a nationally syndicated columnist. The Summit is organized under the auspices of the United States Nuclear Infrastructure Council, the leading national think tank advocate for new nuclear energy.

Panelists:
Dr. Eric Loewen
Chief Consulting Engineer for Advanced Plants Technology
GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy
Dr. Eric Loewen, as Chief Consulting Engineer for GE-Hitachi, is currently promoting the "Gen IV" sodium fast reactor and electrometallurgical processing of used nuclear fuel for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership. After serving six years in the US Navy Nuclear Program, he joined Molten Metal Technology in Fall River, MA, as Director of Nuclear Research, where he developed and deployed nuclear applications for hazardous waste management. Joining the Idaho National Laboratory in 1999, he contributed to development of a Generation IV lead-bismuth cooled reactor and proliferation-resistant thoria-urania fuel. The American Nuclear Society's 2005 Congressional Fellow, Dr. Loewen worked in the office of Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) where he coordinated the Senator's inclusion of America's first legislation addressing global climate change policy into the Energy Act of 2005.

Excerpted Quotes:
"The one thing I want to say about Thorium is that Thorium is not a fuel. So there is a lot of excitement about it, it is a good fertile matrix."

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