Changing times for the nuclear industry

摘要

The planets are aligning for the nuclear industry, declared J. Bennett Johnston, the former Democratic senator from Louisiana, who spoke during the opening plenary session of the American Nuclear Society's Winter Meeting, held November 12-16 in Albuquerque, N.M. The meeting, with the theme Ensuring the Future in Times of Change: Nonpro-liferation and Security, attracted an attendance of more than 1700 to New Mexico, home to two Department of En- ergy national labs—Sandia and Los Alamos. After years of stagnancy, Johnston said, the industry is poised for unprecedented activity.