Oversight

A Review of U.S. International Efforts to Secure Radiological Materials

Date: March 13, 2007
Time: 2:30pm
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

This hearing will review DOE and NRC efforts to secure radiological materials through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and other multilateral organizations. Given the size of the task, both the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission have come to rely on the IAEA to help implement the radiological source security program.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr.

Richard

Stratford

Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety, and Security

U.S. Department of State

Panel 1

Mr.

Andrew

Bieniawski

Associate Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration

U.S. Department of Energy

Panel 1

Ms.

Janice

Dunn Lee

Director, Office of International Programs

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Panel 1

MR. EUGENE E.

ALOISE

Director, Nuclear & Nonproliferation Issues, Natural Resources and Environment

Government Accountability Office

Panel 2

Dr.

Brian

Dodd

President

Health Physics Society

Panel 2

Dr.

Charles

Ferguson

Fellow for Science and Technology

Council on Foreign Relations

Panel 2

Mr.

Joel

Lubenau

Certified Health Physicist