title: Panel session on "safety, health and the environment: implications of nuclear power growth".
abstract: This paper summarizes the presentations and the insights offered by panelists John P. Winston, Robert Bernero, and Stephen LaMontagne during the Panel on Safety, Health and the Environment: Implications of Nuclear Power Growth that took place during the NCRP 2009 Annual Meeting. The paper describes the opportunities and the challenges faced in the areas of infrastructure development, radiation control, licensing and regulatory issues, and non-proliferation as a consequence of the forecasted growth in nuclear power capacity worldwide.
authors.affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency, P.O. Box 100, Wagramer Strasse 5, A-1400 Vienna, Austria. s.bilbao@iaea.org
authors.forename: Sama
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilbao y León
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D006262:Health; D038622:Internationality; D055848:Nuclear Power Plants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012449:Safety / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*