Archive for November 2017
Progress in Developing High Dose Radiation Tolerant Ferritic Steels for Nuclear Applications
SPEAKER: STUART MALOY TEAM LEADER FOR THE RADIATION SCIENCE TEAM IN MST-8 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/27/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Nuclear Technology R&D program is investigating options to transmute minor actinides. To achieve this goal, new fuels and cladding materials must be developed and tested…
Read MoreMSR Safeguards Considerations and Challenges
SPEAKER: ANDREW WORRALL FUEL CYCLE TECHNOLOGY R&D LEADER, AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF GAIN OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/20/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) include a large number of reactor and fuel cycle variants, some with liquid fuels others with solid fuels. As a new…
Read MoreIs Nuclear Arms Control Dead?
SPEAKER: MICHAEL NACHT THOMAS AND ALISON SCHNEIDER PROFESSOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, UC BERKELEY. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR GLOBAL STRATEGIC AFFAIRS (2009-2010, ON LEAVE FROM UC BERKELEY) DATE/TIME: MON, 11/13/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: co-hosted by the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (http://nssc.berkeley.edu/) The…
Read MoreHomogeneity and Isotropy Restoration (HIRE) Theoretic Derivation of Multigroup Transport Equations
SPEAKER: NAM ZIN CHO PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF NUCLEAR AND QUANTUM ENGINEERING KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST) DATE/TIME: MON, 11/06/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: The talk discusses a new derivation of the multigroup transport equations, that maintain angle-independency in the total cross section and homogeneity in a…
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