■ Date: December 15-17, 2010
■ Venue: National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE).
Address: 200, Sec. 3, Xinhai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan

■ Website: http://conf.ncree.org.tw/IndexEng.aspx?n=I09912150

Creating sufficient energy resources to replace oil and coal is the most critical and urgent need of the whole world. Of the new energy sources, wind and solar energy are desirable, but the usable quantities are limited. The only new energy resource that has unlimited potential and can replace oil and coal is nuclear energy .

After thirty years of “anti-nuclear ” emotion sweeping over the world, we have lost more than a generation of civil engineers who had the knowledge and experience to design the nuclear power plants. On the other hand, great progress has been made in the seismic design of concrete structures. The purpose of the workshop is, therefore, three-fold: First, to pROVide an opportunity for the world-leading experts to meet and to search for the best way to design the infrastructure systems for nuclear energy. Second, to pROVide an opportunity for younger civil engineers to learn their trade from the top experts, and third, a proceedings publication* from the workshop will become the most up-to-date reference to guide the future research and design of infrastructure systems for nuclear energy.

*John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, is interested in publishing this book.

■ Online Registration: 
http://conf.ncree.org.tw/OnlineRegistrationEng.aspx?n=I09912150

■ Program: http://conf.ncree.org.tw/ProgramsEng.aspx?n=I09912150

■ Contact: 
Dr. Chiun-lin WU
E-mail: clwu@ncree.org.tw  
Phone: +886-2-6630-0891
Address: 200, Sec. 3, Xinhai Rd., Taipei, Taiwan