2/27/2009 Colloquium - Jacques Bouchard

Jacques Bouchard Chairman of the Generation IV International Forum Advisor to the Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission

Event Info

Title:  Fast Neutron Reactors and Sustainable Development

Date: Feb 27, 2009
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm

Abstract

The world’s population is expected to expand from 6.7 billion people today to over 9 billion people by the year 2050, all striving for a better quality of life. As the Earth’s population grows, so does the demand for energy and the benefits that it brings. For the Earth to support its population all while ensuring sustainability of humanity’s development, we must increase the use of energy supplies that are clean, safe, cost-effective, and which could serve for both electricity production as well as non-electrical applications. Prominent among these supplies is nuclear energy. Within the Generation IV International Forum, concepts fulfilling these criteria are being developed, among which fast reactor concepts, which, when operated in conjunction with fuel recycling, appear as a very appealing and promising option from the standpoint of uranium resource utilization, waste minimization and management, and proliferation resistance.

Speaker Biography

Jacques Bouchard has been Chairman of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) since 2006.
Mr. Bouchard joined the CEA in 1964 and was appointed Head of the Experimental Physics unit in 1973, then Head of the Nuclear Engineering Department in 1975. In 1982, he became Head of the CEA’s Fast Neutron Reactor Department in Cadarache, then, in 1990, Head of CEA's Nuclear Reactor Division. From 1994 to 2000, he headed CEA’s military application division, then its entire nuclear energy sector until 2004. Since that date, he has served as Special Adviser to CEA’s Chairman.