Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy
Dr. Yujie Dong Visits America
Dr. Yujie Dong is the Director of the High Temperature Reactor Design Division, Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology (INET) at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Dr. Dong is leading the team that is developing the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR). His team has built a functioning PBMR research reactor about 40 miles Northwest of Beijing near the Great Wall.
Dr. Dong Washington, DC Tour Video 1
Dr. Dong visted the United States from May 8 through May 15. The trip included breifings in Washington, DC and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The U.S. Department of Energy invited Dr. Dong to present INET's experiences with operating the world's only PBMR. Dr. Dong is also presenting the results of their research reactor operations at Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Dr. Dong Washington, DC Tour Video 1
The Center for Environment, Commerce & Energy (Center) visited wtih Dr. Dong and INET on April 5th nd 6th, 2007. The Center team included President Norris McDonald, Vice President Derry Bigby and China Office Director Zhang Xiaoping. The Center team received a briefing at INET on the 5th and toured the PBMR on the 6th.
The Center arranged for Dr. Dong to meet with the President's Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). Dong, Bigby and McDonald met with Mr. Landon Van Dyke, Deputy Associate Director, International Affairs, CEQ across the street from the White House at the CEQ Headquarters at 730 Jackson Place.
McDonald, Dong and Landon Van Dyke at CEQ
The Center arranged for Dr. Dong to meet with
Mustafa S. Ali, left, Congressional Fellow (detailed from the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) for Congressman John
Conyers (D-MI-14). The Center met with House Judiciary Committee
John Conyers at Dulles Airport as he was preparing to visit
officials in Beijing. The Center team also briefly met with
Chairman Conyers in Beijing before his official visits. The
Center wants to work with Congressman Conyers to promote the
production of plug-in fuel cell hybrid electric vehicles in
Detroit. INET has a state-of-the-art fuel cell research facility
near the PBMR.
The Center arranged for Dr. Dong to meet with representatives from the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). Dr. Dong briefed Angie Howard, NEI Vice President and Adrian P Heymer, Senior Plant Deployment at NEI. After a short briefing, Howard and Heymer had many technical questions about the PBMR. Dr. Dong expertly answered all of the questions.
Norris McDonald, Adrian P. Heymer, Dr. Yujie Dong, Angie Howard, & Derry Bigby
McDonald and Bigby took Dr. Dong on a short
sighseeing tour of Washington, DC. The tour included the White
House, Washington Monument, Air & Space Museum, lunch at
Beefeaters on Capitol Hill, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Of
course, when the Center was in China, they toured the Great Wall
near Beijing and many other sites on their six city tour
(Beijing, Weifang, Binhai, Tsingdao, Shenzhen & Hong Kong).
They also stopped by the Department of Energy.
Dr. Dong, below, in front of the Capitol Power Plant, which provides steam and chilled water to Congress and other buildings. No electricity is produced at the plant. It was recently expanded to accomodate the new Capitol Visitor Center..
Below: Dr. Dong making friends with Capitol Police in the Cannon House Office Building
Below: The Center team with the Tsinghua INET team in Beijing
Dr. Wang Hong, Norris McDonald, Zhang Xiaoping, Dr. Yujie Dong & Derry Bigby
Dr. Dong at the Washington Monument and with McDonald at a model of the Lunar Lander at the Air & Space Museum
