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NUCLEAR ENERGY AT THE IAEA: A Conversation with Dr. Alexander Bynchkov, Deputy General Director, Department of Nuclear Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency Wednesday April 4, 2012, 9:00 am - Toyota Auditorium Howard Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy Dr. Alexander Bynchkov will discuss the mission of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as related to nuclear energy. Dr. Bynchkov is a leading expert in the field of nuclear engineering. He has served as the Director of the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) in Dimitrovgrad, Russia and he is authorized as ROSATOM expert on issues of nuclear fuel cycle, disposal of nuclear materials, nuclear fuel reprocessing and production technologies and investigations of nuclear fuel and new technologies. He also manages activities in the field of experimental nuclear facility development and operation, including research reactors. Main scientific activities of Dr. Bychkov deal with molten salt chemistry, chemistry and technology of actinides and nuclear fuel, closed fuel cycle, techniques of hot laboratories, technologies of radionuclides and radiation sources. He is one of leading specialists in the field of non-aqueous methods of nuclear fuel reprocessing and production. Free and Open to the Public!