International Seminar on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies : 36th session ..., "E. Majorana" Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, 19-24 Aug. 2006 / series editor and chairman, A. Zichichi ; edited by R. Ragaini.

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1. Opening Session. Opening address / Antonino Zichichi. A case of cultural emergency in China / Tsung-Dao Lee. The Erice and "Ettore Majorama" Center Contribution to Europe and the world / Antonio d'Ali -- 2. Energy focus: global nuclear power future. Introduction, stage setting and rules of the game / Richard Garwin. The future of nuclear energu / Jacques Bouchard. Innobative nuclear energy systems / Kazuaki Matsui. The Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Project / Johan Slabber. The climate change imperatibe and the future of nuclear energy / Steve Fetter. Role and status of geological disposal / Charles McCombie. Proliferation resistance and physical protection for innovative nuclear reactors and fuel cycles / Richard Hoskins. Coal with carbon capture and storage: the main competitor / Carmen DiFiglio -- 3. Global monitoring of the planet proliferation focus: nuclear weapons. Proliferation of nuclear weapons: the 2006 outbreak / Richard Wilson. The demise of the Non-Proliferation Treaty / Ahmad Kamal. Scientists and (Non) Proliferation of Nuclear Weapoms / Richard L. Garwin. The implications of the Indo-U.s. Nuclear Agreement / Ramamurti Rajaraman. Proliferation and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle issues in Japan / Kazuaki Matsui. Nuclear Non-Proliferation: current state and prospects / Roland Timerbaev. How serious is the crisis of the International Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime? / Joachim Krause. Rouge State Helbetia? Switzerland and the Atomic bomb 1945-1988 / Christian B{uml}hlmann -- 4. AIDS and infectious diseases focus, Avian Flu -- global health. The need of a global task force for influenza / Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus. Creating change in global health / Ahmad Kamal.

5. Climatology. Aerosols, air quality, and international policy / Lawrence Friedl. Satellite Remote Sensing of Aerosol Climate effects -- progress and potential. Linking aerosols sources to climate change and air pollution impacts -- how good are our global and regional models? -- Gregory R. Carmichael. Fundamental science in climate forecasting with models / Christopher Essex. On the connections between aerosol, atmospheric radiation and hydrological processes in climate change / Graeme L. Stephens -- 6. Pollution focus: plastic contaminants in water. Sybthetic polymers in the marine environment: what we know, what we need to know. What can be done?. Occurence and fate of plastic additives in natural and engeneering systems / Jean-Francois Debroux. Leaching of Bisphenol A from Polycarbonate Plastic Disrupts Development via Epigenetic mechanisms / Frederick S. vom Saal. Human exposure to Phthalates and their health effects / Shanna H. Swan -- 7. Information security focus: relevance of cyber security. The growing relevance of cyber security / Henning Wegener. Performance limits of Sensor Networks for Large-scale Detection applications / Pradeep Khosla. Economic dimension of cyber security / Udo Helmbrecht. The evolving face of Cyber-conflict and Information warfare / William A. Barletta. Countering terrorism with cyber security / Jody R. Westby -- 8. Limits of development focus: development of sustainability. Limits to development: sustainability reviewed / Wouter van Dieren. New concepts on sustainable development / Geraldo Gomes Serra -- 9. Defence against cosmic objects. Overview of recent research activities on cosmic objects / Walter F. Huebner. Meteor impact hazards and some meteor phenomena. Scientific results from the Deep Impact Mission / Michael J.S. Belton -- 10. WFS General Meeting, Cultural emergency focus: terrorism. Report of the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism (PMPT).

11. Permanent Monitoring Panel reports. Italy's approach to nuclear non-proliferation / Vittorio Craxi. Permanent Monitoring Panel on information security / Henning Wegener. Permanent Monitoring Panel: Limits of development PMP / Geraldo Gomes Serra. Floods and Extreme Weather Events Permanent Monitoring Panel / Robert A. Clark -- 12. Limits of development Permanent Monitoring Panel Meeting. The dynamic consideration of Limits of Development / Hiltmar Schubert. Limits of Development revisited: the social and political implications / Juan Manuel Borthagaray. Limits of Development: the cultural dimension / Alberto Gonz{acute}adez-Pozo. Panel participants -- 13. World Energy Monitoring Workshop. The future of nuclear energy / Ahmad Kamal and Jef Ongena. Workshop participants -- 14. Seminar participants.

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