Posts by Keith Joseph McAleer
The Development of SHINE Technology’s Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) Recycling Program
SPEAKER: Ross Radel, PhD, PE DATE/TIME: MON, 10/28/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: SHINE Technologies, LLC (SHINE) is leading a venture to address the nation’s UNF…
Read MoreA Brief History of Kinetics Methods and the Relationship with Molten Salt Reactor Development
SPEAKER: Zander Mausolff Manager, Nuclear Safety & Deputy Project Engineer on MCRE DATE/TIME: MON, 10/21/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: The understanding of the time-dependent behavior…
Read MoreGoogle and Kairos Power Partner to Deploy 500 MW of Clean Electricity Generation
Google and Kairos Power have entered into an partnership to deploy 500 MWe of KP-FHR reactors by 2035. This deal represents the first corporate agreement for multiple deployments of a…
Read MoreAmerican Physical Society Leo Szilard Award Lecture: Why we have confidence that the design of nuclear power plants against earthquakes is adequate
SPEAKER: Robert J. Budnitz Staff Scientist (retired), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory DATE/TIME: MON, 10/14/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: Concerning seismic safety, the nuclear-engineering community has…
Read MoreKai Vetter Receives LBNL Director’s Award for Lifetime Achievement
Professor Kai Vetter has been named a recipient of the LBNL Director’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of his “career-spanning achievements in radiation detection and imaging, his impact on…
Read MorePeter Hosemann Delivers 2024 Naval Nuclear Laboratory Annual Distinguished Lecture at University of Pittsburgh
Professor Peter Hosemann gave the 2024 Naval Nuclear Laboratory annual distinguished lecture at the University of Pittsburgh. His talk “Materials Design in Nuclear Systems and Additive Manufacturing to Overcome Design…
Read MorePeter Hosemann Featured in NEUP Newsletter
A photo of UCBNE professor Peter Hosemann at the controls of the Focused Ion Beam microscope supported by a NEUP Infrastructure award was featured in the October 2024 edition of…
Read MoreGround-Satellite Communications Interferences from Nuclear Detonations
SPEAKER: David Hooper Senior R&D Staff Member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Group Leader of the Incident Modeling and Computational Sciences Group of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division DATE/TIME:…
Read MoreFrom Berkeley to Trinity via Manhattan: Lecture and Q&A with Eric B. Norman
UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering professor Eric B. Norman will give a talk titled “Oppenheimer – From Berkeley to Trinity via Manhattan” as part of the College of Engineering’s On the…
Read MoreLet’s be an Awesome Future’s Past
SPEAKER: Ross Koningstein Engineer, Director Emeritus, Google Research DATE/TIME: MON, 09/23/2024 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Abstract: When it comes to climate change and human development, what…
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