The second International Workshop on Radiological Sciences and Applications (IWRSA) was held in Vienna, Austria at the Vienna International Center (VIC), IAEA, March 16-18, 2005. The theme of this workshop was "Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technologies". The workshop was very successful in providing an informal forum for in-depth discussion of important issues and to promote international cooperative projects in radiological sciences and technologies. The goals of the meeting were:

• To identify the grand challenges and needs within the international community where radiological sciences and technologies can make a positive contribution, and
• To seek input from the participants to make the IWRSA an effective forum for scholarly discussion of important international issues.

The workshop took a multidisciplinary approach that considers the technical and scientific problems as well as the policy, cultural, and socioeconomic issues. This workshop sponsored by Radiochemistry Society, cosponsored by IAEA and Endorsed by the American Physical Society.  Other sponsors of this workshop were Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Canberra Industries. This workshop was held at IAEA headquarters at Vienna and chaired by Ms. Gabi Voigt who is the Director of IAEA Laboratories at Seibersdorf, Austria. More than a couple papers and a half dozen breakout sessions were scheduled to discuss the following topics:

• Peaceful versus Non-Peaceful of Nuclear Technologies
• Nuclear Power Generation Issues
• International Cooperation (Central Asia)
• Ecology and Environment
• Nuclear Techniques and Applications
• Knowledge and Education In Nuclear Science

 

Electronic copies of all approved Presentations and Breakout Sessions Summary Reports will be posted on the Radiochemistry Society web site as received.

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