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Agendas
KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
0830 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair Peter Blair, Executive Director, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences (DEPS) Charles Draper, Acting Director, Naval Studies Board (NSB) James Killian, Study Director |
0900 |
COMPOSITION AND BALANCE DISCUSSION Dennis Chamot, Associate Executive Director, DEPS |
Data-Gathering Meeting Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
1045 |
INTRODUCTION OF ATTENDEES AND AGENDA OUTLINE John Ahearne, Committee Chair Milton Minneman, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD (AT&L))/Defense Systems LTC Jeffrey Davis, USA, Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
1100 |
DOD VIEWPOINT—The New Triad, Hard and Deeply Buried Targets, Key Performance Parameters, Summer 2002 Assessment, Need for Nuclear Earth-Penetrating Weapons Gregory Hulcher, Special Assistant to the Director, USD (AT&L)/Defense Systems MAJ Mark Wittig, USA, Nuclear Weapons Employment Analyst, Advanced Weapons Concept Team, Strategic Studies and Analysis Branch, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) |
1230 |
DOE VIEWPOINT—Stockpile Maintenance, Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) Relationship David Crandall, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Research, Development, and Simulation, DOE, NNSA |
1300 |
TARGET DEFEAT ASSESSMENT Milton Minneman, USD (AT&L)/Defense Systems MAJ Mark Wittig, USA, Nuclear Weapons Employment Analyst, Advanced Weapons Concept Team, Strategic Studies and Analysis Branch, USSTRATCOM Michael Giltrud, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) |
1400 |
ROBUST NUCLEAR EARTH PENETRATOR WEAPON KEY PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS AND DESIGN FEASIBILITY STUDY Frank Fairchild, U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency R. Glenn Bell, Office of Stockpile Assessment and Certification, DOE |
1515 |
TARGET VULNERABILITY TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS Michael Giltrud, DTRA |
1600 |
ADDITIONAL QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1630 |
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION—Day One Summary and Impressions Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1730 |
END SESSION |
Wednesday, February 18, 2004
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
0830 |
CONVENE—Opening Remarks, Committee Discussion, Study Plans, Report Deliberations Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
Data-Gathering Meeting Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0845 |
TARGET VULNERABILITY TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS Michael Giltrud, DTRA |
0930 |
FALLOUT CALCULATION METHODOLOGY Donald Linger, DTRA |
1030 |
WEAPON OUTPUT AND ENVIRONMENTS Thomas Thomson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1115 |
COMMITTEE DISCUSSION—Continue Committee Discussion, Study Plans, Report Deliberations Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1500 |
ADJOURN |
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Data-Gathering Meeting Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion (Secret)
0800 |
WELCOME, LABORATORY OVERVIEW John H. Stichman, Vice President, Weapons Systems Division, Sandia National Laboratories |
0815 |
EFFECTS OF FALLOUT AND OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL Fred A. Mettler, M.D., New Mexico Veterans Administration Health Care System |
0915 |
CONVENTIONAL HIGH EXPLOSIVES EARTH-PENETRATOR WEAPONS C. Wayne Young, Applied Research Associates, Inc. |
1000 |
LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF FALLOUT Dana Powers, Sandia National Laboratories |
1100 |
B-61 MODIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND TESTING Kevin Eklund, Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories |
1300 |
NUCLEAR EARTH-PENETRATOR WEAPON EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFECTS—Joint Laboratory Perspective Jon Rogers, Manager, National Security Studies Department, Sandia National Laboratories Rodman R. Linn, Los Alamos National Laboratory Ted F. Harvey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
1445 |
B-61/B-83 RNEP BRIEFING Alfredo McDonald, Manager, B-83 and Penetrator Systems Engineering, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1630 |
IMPRESSIONS FROM DAY ONE Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Data-Gathering Meeting Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0800 |
AGENT DEFEAT Donald Linger, Deputy for Test and Technology, DTRA |
0850 |
OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM GROUND TRUTH Thomas Lutton, Senior Scientist, DTRA Robert Delisle, Contractor, DTRA |
1000 |
DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY OPERATIONAL HAZARD PREDICTION CODE—Hazard Prediction and Assessment Capability (HPAC) Todd Hann, Deputy for Consequence Assessment Branch, DTRA |
1100 |
SUBSTANTIAL SHAPED CHARGE PROCEEDING NUCLEAR EARTH-PENETRATOR WEAPON Thomas Togami, Advanced and Exploratory Systems Department, Sandia National Laboratories |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1230 |
COMPOSITION AND BALANCE DISCUSSION—Update to Meeting One |
1300 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS; SUMMARY DISCUSSION Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1500 |
ADJOURN |
KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
0755 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0800 |
SECOND-HAND THOUGHTS ON TARGETING BIOLOGICAL AGENTS David R. Franz, Chief Biological Scientist, Midwest Research Institute |
Data-Gathering Session Open to the Public: Unclassified Discussion
0930 |
EARTH-PENETRATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS—TARGET DAMAGE AND FALLOUT Thomas B. Cochran, Director, Nuclear Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council |
1000 |
EFFECTIVENESS OF EARTH-PENETRATING WEAPONS FOR “BUNKER BUSTING” AND AGENT DEFEAT Robert W. Nelson, Senior Fellow, Science and Technology, Council on Foreign Relations |
1030 |
AGENT DEFEAT CALCULATIONS Michael A. Levi, Science and Technology Fellow in Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution |
1115 |
CONSEQUENCES OF THE JAPANESE ATOMIC BOMBINGS Mortimer L. Mendelsohn, Senior Scientist, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
1300 |
CONVENTIONAL SOURCES—Target Release and Agent Defeat Todd H. Pierce, Science Applications International Corporation |
1345 |
UNCERTAINTIES IN CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SOURCE TERM MODELS FOR NUCLEAR ATTACKS ON WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION FACILITIES Philip A. Hookham, Titan Corporation |
1445 |
FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELING OF CLOUD RISE AND DISPERSION David P. Bacon, Science Applications International Corporation R. Ian Sykes, Titan Corporation |
1615 |
FALLOUT PHENOMENOLOGY IN HPAC Joseph T. McGahan, Science Applications International Corporation |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1715 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS—Day One Summary and Impressions Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1730 |
END SESSION |
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
0755 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
Data-Gathering Session Open to the Public: Unclassified Discussion
0800 |
MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL STAFF |
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0915 |
AGENT DEFEAT CAPABILITY AND ASSOCIATED COLLATERAL DAMAGE OF CONVENTIONAL AND NUCLEAR WARHEADS Hans W. Kruger, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
1015 |
AGENT DEFEAT WEAPON FINDINGS/LESSONS LEARNED Michael A. Martinez, Chief, Advanced Technology Division, Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency |
1130 |
RESULTS OF HAZARD PREDICTION ANALYSIS CODE SAMPLE CALCULATIONS Michael Phillips, Contractor, DTRA |
1300 |
RESULTS OF K DIVISION FALLOUT CODE/LAGRANGIAN OPERATIONAL DISPERSION INTEGRATOR (KDFOC/LODI) SAMPLE CALCULATIONS Ted F. Harvey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1415 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS—Study Plans, Report Deliberations Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1600 |
ADJOURN |
KECK CENTER OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, May 17, 2004
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0830 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
0835 |
THE NEED FOR RNEP Gregory Hulcher, Special Assistant to the Director, USD (AT&L))/Defense Systems |
0905 |
EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR EARTH-PENETRATOR WEAPONS Bryan Fearey, Los Alamos National Laboratory John St. Ledger, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Data-Gathering Session Open to the Public: Unclassified Discussion
1000 |
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE PERSPECTIVE Jonathan Medalia, Congressional Research Service |
1045 |
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS Stephen Morse, Associate Director for Science, Bio-Terrorism, Preparedness and Response Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
1130 |
RNEP Keith Payne, National Institute for Public Policy |
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
1300 |
COLLATERAL RISKS FROM ATTACKS ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL FACILITIES Jeffrey Grotte, Deputy Director, Strategy, Forces, and Resources Division, Institute for Defense Analyses |
1345 |
BATTLEFIELD OPERATIONS IN A NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL (NBC) ENVIRONMENT COL Richard Hill, USA, Operations Division Chief, Nuclear Division, U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency Martin Moakler, Physical Scientist, U.S. Army Nuclear and Chemical Agency |
1445 |
HARD TARGET DEFEAT Donald Linger, Deputy for Test and Technology, DTRA |
1530 |
HPAC/ANRAC COMPUTER RUNS DISCUSSION Todd Hann, DTRA |
1630 |
CONVENTIONAL PENETRATORS Barry Hannah, Branch Head Reentry Systems, Navy Strategic Systems Programs |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1700 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS—Day One Summary and Impressions, Outline and Writing Assignments Status Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1900 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS—Discuss Preliminary Findings and Recommendations Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
2100 |
END SESSION |
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0800 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
0805 |
HEALTH EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS David Moore, Vice President of Medical Technology, Battelle Memorial Institute |
0905 |
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AEROSOLIZED—Viable vs. Respirable Martin Bagley, DTRA |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1000 |
COMMITTEE DELIBERATIONS—Preparation for Woods Hole Meeting John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
1200 |
ADJOURN |
J. ERIK JONSSON WOODS HOLE CENTER WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS
Monday, June 21, 2004
Data-Gathering Session Not Open to the Public: Classified Discussion
0830 |
CONVENE—Welcome, Opening Remarks, Introductions John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
0835 |
NUCLEAR EVENT CALCULATIONS Todd Hann, DTRA |
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
1300 |
REPORT DISCUSSION AND DRAFTING Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1700 |
END SESSION |
Tuesday Through Thursday, June 22-24, 2004
Closed Session: Committee Members and NRC Staff Only
0830 |
CONVENE—Plans for the Day John Ahearne, Committee Chair James Killian, Study Director |
0835 |
REPORT DISCUSSION AND DRAFTING Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1300 |
REPORT DISCUSSION AND DRAFTING (CONTINUED) Moderator: John Ahearne, Committee Chair |
1700 |
END SESSION |