Biography

Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei

IAEA Director General

Dr. ElBaradei was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1942. He gained a Bachelor's degree in Law in 1962 at the University of Cairo and a Doctorate in International Law at the New York University School of Law in 1974. He began his career in the Egyptian Diplomatic Service in 1964. From 1974 to 1978, he was a special assistant to the Foreign Minister of Egypt. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. In 1980 he left the Diplomatic Service to join the United Nations and became a senior fellow in charge of the International Law Program at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. From 1981 to 1987 he was also an Adjunct Professor of International Law at the New York University School of Law.

From 1984, Dr. ElBaradei was a senior staff member of the IAEA Secretariat, holding a number of high-level policy positions, including Agency's Legal Advisor and subsequently Assistant Director General for External Relations. He was appointed to Director General effective 1 December 1997, and reappointed to a third term in September 2005. In October 2005 Dr. ElBaradei and the IAEA were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts "to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way."

(Abstract from IAEA website: http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/dgbio.html)

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Responding to a Changing Landscape

Mr. Jerry Paul

Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, US Department of Energy (DOE/NNSA)

Mr. Jerry Paul became the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) first Principal Deputy Administrator on August 6, 2004. He was nominated by President Bush on February 3 and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in July.

Mr. Paul represented Florida's 71st district in the Florida House of Representatives. In the Florida legislature, Mr. Paul served as deputy majority whip and chaired the House subcommittees on Agriculture and Environment Appropriations and Environmental Regulation. Additionally, he served on the committees of Energy, Appropriations, Business Regulation, Natural Resources and Public Security.

Mr. Paul recently served as a member of Secretary Abraham's Nuclear Energy Research Advisory Committee and as the Florida representative for both the Southern States Energy Board and the National Conference of Legislators Committees on Environmental and Natural Resources.

Mr. Paul holds a law degree from Stetson University, a bachelor's degree in marine engineering from the Merchant Marine Academy in Castine, ME, and a post-baccalaureate degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.

(Abstract from DOE website: http://www.nnsa.doe.gov/jerrypaulbio.htm)

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Future Prospects of the Global Nuclear Partnership

Dr. Yumi Akimoto

Chairman, Committee on Energy and Resources, Japan Business Federation
Chief Executive Emeritus, Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

Dr. Akimoto was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1929. He gained a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry then a Doctorate in Science at Tokyo Bunrika Unicersity (now Tsukuba University). From 1958 to 1960, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory) at the University of Calfornia, Berkeley.

Dr. Akimoto started his professional career when he joined the Mitsubishi Metal Corporation (now the Mitsubishi Materials Corp.) in 1954. Since then, he has worked for the Corporation for over 50 years holding the Corporation's prominent positions, including Director of Nuclear Energy Department, Managing Director, Senior Managing Director and Executive Vice President. In June 1994 he was appointed President and CEO. He has been engaging in Japanese energy policies serving as member of various committees regarding natural resources and nuclear energy in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and Cabinet Office.

He was awarded a Blue Ribbon Medal, Japan in 1997 and Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur Chevalier, France in 2003.

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Japan's Efforts toward Making the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy Compatible with Non-proliferation

Prof. Masahiko Asada

Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

After graduation from Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University, he taught at Faculty of Law, Okayama University, as associate and then full professor. Since 1999, he has been professor of international law at the Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University. Professor Asada has also served as Senior Associate at St. Antony's College, Oxford University, legal advisor to the Japanese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, special assistant to the Science and Technology Agency, member of the Atomic Energy Commission's International Regulation Committee, Industrial Structure Advisory Council's Subcommittee on Security and Trade Control of the METI and the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Verification.

Dr. Alex Burkart

Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security,
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, US Department of States (DOS)

Dr. Burkart is Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of States. His particular areas of focus are international nuclear cooperation programs; proliferation resistance and advance nuclear technologies, including participation in the Generation IV International Forum, INPRO and the DUPIC fuel cycle development; international verification of nuclear material; and international spent fuel and waste storage and disposal. He serves on the American Nuclear Society Special Committee on Nuclear Nonproliferation. Dr. Burkart has been with the U.S. Government for over 30 years in a variety of positions related to nuclear weapons and nuclear nonproliferation.

Dr. Burkart has a B.S. and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from North Carolina State University. He is also a Distinguished Graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Virginia.

Mr. Takeshi Nakane

Ambassador / Director-General, Disarmament, Nonproliferation and Science Department,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

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Japan's Efforts in the Universalization of the IAEA Additional Protocol / Strengthening Export Control: Japan's Outreach Activities

Mr. Philippe Delaune

Deputy Director for International Affairs, French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

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French approach to Nuclear Fuel Supply assurances. WNA point of view: Security of Enrichment concept

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US GNEP Initiative: Some thoughts on France's initial reaction

Mr. Vitaly Fedchenko

Researcher, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

Mr. Vitaly Fedchenko is a Researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Stockholm, Sweden. He joined SIPRI in 2005 as a researcher on reinforcing EU Cooperative Threat Reduction Programmes and actions required to support the EU Strategy Against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, with responsibility for nuclear security issues and EU-Russian relations. His another responsibility is to research issues relevant to energy security, nonproliferation and the impact of nuclear fuel cycle technologies on the policy matters. Previously, he was a visiting researcher at SIPRI; a Researcher and Project Coordinator at the PIR Center for Policy Studies in Russia; and a Research Fellow at the Institute for Applied International Research in Moscow, Russia. He is the author or co-author of a number of publications on international non-proliferation and disarmament assistance, Russian nuclear exports and nonproliferation.

Mr. Toshio Okazaki

Executive Vice President, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)

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Dr. Olli Heinonen

IAEA Deputy Director General

Dr. Olli Heinonen was appointed as the Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Safeguards, at the International Atomic Energy Agency, in July 2005. The Department of Safeguards is responsible for verifying that nuclear material placed under Safeguards is not diverted to nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices and that there is no undeclared nuclear material or activities in non-nuclear weapons States party to the NPT.

Before joining the International Atomic Energy Agency in 1983, Dr. Heinonen was a Senior Research Officer at the Technical Research Centre of Finland Reactor Laboratory Otakaari, Espoo, Finland.

From 1999-2002, Dr. Heinonen was Director of Operations A and from 2002-2005, he was the Director of Operations B in the Department of Safeguards.

Dr. Heinonen studied Radiochemistry and holds a Ph.D in Radiochemistry from the University of Helsinki, Finland.

(IAEA website: http://www.iaea.org/About/DGC/heinonen_bio.html)

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R&D Priorities for the Department of Safeguards

Mr. William O'Connor

Deputy Director, Office of Dismantlement and Transparency,
Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, DOE/NNSA

Mr. O'Connor is Deputy Director of the Office of Dismantlement and Transparency, Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, U.S. Department of Energy. His particular areas of focus include Safeguards system modeling and engineering applications related to destructive and non-destructive assay of nuclear materials, environmental sampling, and containment/surveillance. He is the Chairman of the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards (USSP), which develops Safeguards and verification equipment for use by the IAEA. Current USSP equipment efforts include development of next generation seals, surveillance systems, and process monitoring instruments, as well as an unattended monitoring system for the Chernobyl conditioning facility.

Mr. O'Connor has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois, an MS in Civil Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of Hawaii. He is also a graduate of the Naval War College. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of California and Colorado.

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U.S. Efforts to Advance the Safeguards "State-of-the-Art"

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Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Technology Demonstration Program

Mr. Maurizio Boella

Head of Unit Concepts, Evaluation and Logistics, Directorate I (Nuclear Safeguards),
Directorate-General for Energy and Transport, European Commission (EC)

Mr. Maurizio BOELLA is employed at the European Commission.

In 1988-1989 he worked at the European Joint Research Center of Petten (Netherlands) in the research program for Advanced Materials.

From 1990 until 2003 he covered several positions at the European Commission services in Luxembourg related to the implementation of nuclear Safeguards in European reprocessing and fabrication plants.

He has been nominated Head of Inspection Unit for Fabrication and Enrichment plants in 2003 and he is presently Head of the Unit "Concepts, Evaluation and Logistics" within the Directorate of "Nuclear Safeguards".

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Status of the implementation of Euratom Treaty Safeguards and related R&D

Mr. Kaoru Naito

President, Nuclear Material Control Center

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Nonproliferation Policy and Safeguards R&D Initiatives in Japan

Dr. Gyungsik Min

Manager, Verification Technology Department,
National Nuclear Management and Control Agency of Korea (NNCA)

Dr. Min is a manager of Verification Technology Department, National Nuclear Management and Control Agency of Korea (NNCA). He is interested in the development of verification equipment of the nuclear materials for the purpose of Safeguards and physical protection through NDA and any other technologies. He is working at this area at NNCA for more than 10 years since 1994 including his carrier at Technology Center for Nuclear Control, KAERI. He started his carrier as a seismologist in an area of nuclear test ban treaty. Later, he moved to the IAEA Safeguards area and attended to Committee 24 as a Korean delegation for the negotiation of the Additional Protocol.

Dr. Min has a BS and MS degree at Seoul National University and got a Ph.D in seismology and CTBT at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is a member of Korea Nuclear Society (KNS) and is serving as a member of Committee for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Control, KNS.

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Introduction to Korean SSAC and Application of RMS for IAEA Safeguards

Mr. Masao Senzaki

Director of Nuclear Nonproliferation Science and Technology Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)

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Safeguards R&D at JAEA

Mr. Jean Cazalet

Deputy Director for Development and Nuclear Innovation at the Direction for Nuclear Energy, French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Jean Cazalet is with the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines de Paris. All his career was devoted to research and program management for nuclear energy: nuclear reactors, uranium enrichment, nuclear safety and risk assessment.

At present, he deals with innovative nuclear systems. He is especially involved in non-proliferation studies. He is a member of an international working group on Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection (in the frame of Generation IV program).

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Future nuclear cycle systems and technology enhancing proliferation resistance

Dr. Vladimir Kagramanyan

Assistant Director General, State Scientific Center Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE)

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Global nuclear energy initiatives - new opportunities for addressing non-proliferation challenges through optimum use of institutional and technical measures

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Opportunities for Meeting Growing Energy Demand without Increasing Proliferation Risks through Building Multilateral Approaches

Mr. Yutaka Sagayama

Deputy Director General, Advanced Nuclear System Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)

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Nuclear Proliferation Resistance in Feasibility Study on Commercialized Fast Reactor Cycle Systems

Ms. Junko Ogawa

President, WIN-Global/WIN-Japan

Executive Communicator and Deputy General Manager, Public Relations Department, Japan Atomic Power Company.