Basic Energy Sciences Workshop

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Basic Energy Sciences Workshop On Basic Research
Needs to Counter Terrorism
February 28 March 1, 2002 Gaithersburg Marriott
Washingtonian Center
Dr. Walter J. Stevens Office of Basic Energy
Sciences walter.stevens_at_science.doe.gov
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President Bush Establishes Office of Homeland
Securityhttp//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2
001/10/20011008.htm
Detection Preparedness Prevention Protection Inci
dent Management Response and Recovery
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Science and engineering have critical roles to
play in the war on terrorism. We need improved
tools with which to prevent, detect, protect, and
treat victims of chemical, biological,
radiological, nuclear, and conventional terrorist
attacks. Additionally, we will need new and
improved tools to recover facilities from those
same types of attacks, should they ever occur.
John H. Marburger, III Director, OSTP
From a presentation to the AAAS symposium The
War on Terrorism What Does it Mean for
Science?December, 2001
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ORGANIZERS Workshop Chair Terry
Michalske Sandia National Laboratories,
NM Subgroup Chairs Nuclear/Radiological
Threats Norman Edelstein Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory Chemical Threats Michael
Sigman Oak Ridge National Laboratory Biologica
l Threats Jill Trewhella Los Alamos National
Laboratory