[NukeNet] Industry conference needs us!

[Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa]

Dear friends,

Waste Management 2009 is the next annual symposia of what has become 
the world's largest professional meeting about "HLW, TRU, LLW/ILW, 
Mixed, Hazardous Wastes & Environmental Management" - basically, the 
nuclear industry.  It will be held in Phoenix, AZ, March 1 - 5, 2009.

Courtesy of NIRS media credentials, I attended a few of these 
conferences until they moved to Phoenix this year, having outgrown 
the Tucson Convention Center.   I would send my notes and a stack of 
lit & a few exhibitor freebies to Diane D'Arrigo.

The call for WM2009 abstracts is open, and there is one proposed 
track/topic under which motivated activists or sympathetic academics 
might well submit a paper.
It's #8 - "PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, INVOLVEMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING"

This year's conference theme is "Waste Management for the Nuclear 
Renaissance", and it reflects the overwhelming perspective of the 
participants.  In the past, the only papers I recall from a contrary 
perspective on new nukes were presented by Bob Loux and other Nevada 
activists.

A few years ago, during the Q&A following a panel on training a new 
generation of radwaste management pros,  I asked about a place in 
this industry for bright young public service scientists who DO NOT 
fancy a nuclear renaissance but know we have a long-term problem on 
our hands.  No good answer came, but later John Dalton, one of the 
conveners of this topic, approached me and suggested I submit a paper 
for a future conference.  He seemed very keen on bringing into these 
proceedings a point of view other than from industry and regulators 
(but for all I know, he may be alone in that perspective)  I declined 
then because I know there are many more qualified activists - maybe 
you!

If you should decide to submit an abstract, please let me know - 
details from the call are below.

Jack Cohen-Joppa

Below is the text for this track from the call for abstracts, which 
can be downloaded at this page
http://wmsym.org/html/news.cfm
or this link
http://www.wmsym.org/pdf/WM2009%20Call%20for%20Abstracts.pdf

8 - PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, INVOLVEMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(CE&T)
Connie Callan, NETS, LLC (Co-Chair), V: +1-(505)-350-1433, Email: 
ccallan at netsamerica.com
John Dalton, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) (Co-Chair), V: 
+44-(12)-358-25678,
Email: john.dalton at nda.gov.uk
Jim Hylko, Paducah Remediation Services (PRS), LLC (Co-Chair), V: 
+1-(270)-816-4125,
Email: James.Hylko at prs-llc.net
Managing radioactive waste involves more than scientific and 
technical issues. This track
incorporates a broad range of cultural, equity, social, 
environmental, policy, communications,
training and educational issues that shape decisions involving waste 
management. The objective
is to inform conference participants, including technical managers, 
on issues involving the general
public and community stakeholders who are outside the waste 
management professional field.
Issues are divided into multiple, diverse topics including public 
participation, communication
techniques, education and training, social justice and equity, 
intergenerational issues, safety and risk
communication, and socioeconomic and environmental impacts.
8. Public Communications, Education and Training - Non-specified Abstracts
8.0 Public Communication, Participation, Education and Training - Posters
8.1 Communicating Safety, Cost, Benefits, and Risk
8.2 Engaging Potentially Affected Citizens
8.3 Political Implications for Moving Forward in Radioactive Waste Management
8.4 Communication of Technical Issues: Critical to Nuclear Renaissance
8.5 The Changing Role of Public Participation Programs as Sites Change Missions
8.6 Worldwide Education and Training - Efforts to Ensure Knowledge 
Transfer and Future Skills
8.7 US DOE, Site Specific and Citizen's Advisory Boards (CABs) - 
Public Involvement Makes a Difference
8.8 Museums amd Vistor Centers as a Tool for Communication of Nuclear Issues
8.9 Achieving Consensus on Stakeholder, Cultural, Community and Equity Issues

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