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.

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