Advanced Reactors Systems for Sustainable Nuclear Power

SPEAKER: MARK DEINERT, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN DATE/TIME: MON, 11/17/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The environmental and geopolitical problems that are associated with nuclear power stem in part from the accumulation of the transuranics in used nuclear fuel. By limiting…

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Superheavy Element Discovery and Chemistry at LLNL

SPEAKER: DAWN SHAUGHNESSY, PH.D. DEPUTY DIRECTOR,HEAVY ELEMENT DISCOVERY GROUP, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/24/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The heavy element group at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has had a long tradition of nuclear and radiochemistry dating back to the 1950’s.  Some of the most exciting…

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Kinetic analysis of criticality accident in weakly coupled fuel solution system

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR TORU OBARA PROFESSOR OF RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR RESEARCH INTO INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS (CRINES), TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/14/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: In criticality accidents of fuel solutions, if there are several solution tanks…

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Safety Countermeasure of Onagawa NPS after the Great East-Japan Earthquake, and the current situation of nuclear power in Japan

SPEAKER: AKIYOSHI OBONAI TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/14/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 180 DOE LIBRARY Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: On, March 11, a massive earthquake occurred at 2:46 p.m. Japan standard time, and the epicenter was about 130km off the Pacific Ocean from the Oshika peninsula where Onagawa NPS is located. First, I would…

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Systematic Study of a Small, Long-life HTGR Design for Passive-Decay Heat Removal

SPEAKER: ODMAA SAMBUU DOCTORAL PROGRAM STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/14/2014 – 12:15PM TO 1:00PM LOCATION: 4101 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Failure to remove residual decay heat in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in 2011 has definitely influenced design attitudes toward nuclear reactors with passive-decay heat-removal features. Generally,…

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Lessons Learned from CIRFT Testing Methodology in Applying to High Burn-up Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity Study

SPEAKER: JOHN JY-AN WANG MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, OAK RIDGE, TN DATE/TIME: MON, 11/03/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: A cyclic integrated reversible-bending fatigue tester (CIRFT) was developed to support U.S. NRC and DOE Used Fuel Disposition Campaign studies on high burn-up (HBU) spent nuclear…

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