Atoms for Humanity: The Heroic Journey of Nuclear Power

SPEAKER: MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS DATE/TIME: MON, 03/20/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series About the Speaker: Michael Shellenberger is an award-winning author and environmental policy expert. For a quarter-century he has advocated solutions to lift all people out of poverty while lessening humankind’s environmental impact. Michael is coauthor of visionary…

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The Accidental Engineer: A Physicist’s Walk on the Dark Side

SPEAKER: KARL VAN BIBBER PROFESSOR AND CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/13/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: In just a few short decades, the universe we really know about and call home has been demoted to a mere 4% of the total energy density…

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Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactors Burning Advanced Fuels

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR T. KENNETH FOWLER PROFESSOR EMERITUS DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/06/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Advances in superconducting magnet technology and new results at Novosibirsk point the way to improved tandem mirror fusion reactors burning a variety of fuels –- pure DD,…

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