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WORKSHOP SUMMARY

The ASME Presidential Task Force on Response to Japan Nuclear Power Plant Events hosted a workshop on December 4‐5, 2012 at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, DC. The purpose of this workshop was to engage the global nuclear community in a dialog about the recommendations contained in the ASME Presidential Task Force report entitled "Forging a New Nuclear Safety Construct." The report is available at: http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/Publications/32419.pdf

In attendance at the New Nuclear Safety Construct (NNSC) workshop were 125 of the world's most influential decision‐makers and leaders with representation from 20 countries. The ASME task force designed a series of sessions to address many of the key recommendations and topics from the task force report. Sessions were aimed at getting more focused dialog on key elements of the report and its recommendations. Session objectives were stated at the beginning of each session in order to allow participants to cover complex topics in narrow windows of time with efficiency and focus.