NE Seminars

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• R. Shane Johnson
  Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
  Office of Nuclear Energy
  U.S. Department of Energy
  
  
• "The Evolving Mission of the U.S. Department of Energy"
  
  
• Abstract
  
  R. Shane Johnson discusses future directions of the U.S. Department of Energy. What are the major research and development initiatives from the Office of Nuclear Energy and what role do universities play in their development? How is the U.S. re-asserting leadership in nuclear technology development on a global scale?

  Mr. Johnson is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy. Since 2000, he has led the Office's nuclear technology initiatives, serving a key leadership role in the initiation and management of such programs as the Nuclear Power 2010 Program, Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems Initiative, the Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiative, and the Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative. R. Shane Johnson has also been active at the international level. For example, he played a pivotal role in the formation of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF). GIF is an international collective of ten leading nations and the European Union's Euratom, dedicated to developing advanced reactor and fuel cycle technologies. Johnson currently serves as the acting chairman of GIF, and has served as the U.S. representative to the policy committee since 2001.
  
  
  

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