Victor H. Reis, senior advisor, Office of Science and Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy, will present "Impact of Policy on Science and Technology Innovation: Some Real World Examples from Apollo to Small Modular Reactors."

His talk will focus on:
*Sputnik and Apollo: Global Leadership in Manned Space Program
*Stockpile Stewardship: Nuclear Deterrence without Nuclear Testing
*Global Nuclear Energy Partnership/DOE Program in Small Modular Reactors: Restoring U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Leadership

Reis had primary responsibility for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, part of President George W. Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative. From 1999 to 2005 he was senior vice president of Hicks and Associates, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). He served as a member of the Strategic Advisory Group of the U.S. Strategic Command; the Sandia National Laboratory National Security Advisory Panel; the Argonne National Laboratory Board of Governors; the NNSA's Predictive Science and Independent Capability Review Committees; and he chaired the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory National Security Panel and Los Alamos National Laboratory Weapons Physics External Review Committee.

His many awards include two Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medals.


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Location:	900 N. Glebe Rd, Arlington, W. Falls Church Rm., 2nd floor; video-link to Norris Hall, Rm. 209
Contact:	Satish Kulkarni svk1212@vt.edu 925-336-1689
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