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Berkeley Nuclear Engineers Contribute Technical Expertise to AB 2647 Hearings
UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering faculty members Raluca Scarlat and Daniel Siefman recently traveled to Sacramento to provide technical expertise in support of AB 2647, legislation focused on evaluating advanced nuclear…
Read MoreRebecca Abergel Elected to National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
Rebecca Abergel has been elected to the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP), a leading body that provides guidance on radiation protection and public health. This appointment recognizes…
Read MoreLLNL Highlights Breakthrough in Nuclear Forensics Using Microcalorimetry
A recent publication by Ryan Wood has brought new attention to a major advancement in nuclear forensics: the first-ever demonstration of microcalorimeter-based nuclear dating. The work was recently featured on…
Read MoreNSF Fellowship Feature
We’re proud to highlight a group of researchers whose work spans some of the most important challenges in nuclear engineering and medical physics today. Julia Gottlieb is investigating molten salt…
Read MoreStudents recognized for prestigious fellowships and awards
Huge congratulations to our Nuclear Engineering students on their incredible achievement! We’re proud to celebrate Omar Peña, Julia Gottlieb, and Alessandro Ingegno for earning prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. We…
Read MoreThe Nuclear Materials team at UC Berkeley has been awarded two competitive research grants from Helion Energy through its Hercules program.
https://www.helionenergy.com/articles/helion-hercules-fusion-research-funding/) These awards recognize the team’s leading expertise in materials performance under extreme environments and support ongoing efforts to advance materials for fusion energy systems. Leveraging the capabilities of the Materials…
Read MoreUniversity of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering Awards Tenure to Dr. Bethany Goldblum
Prof. Goldblum received her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 2007 studying the validity of the surrogate ratio method in determining fission cross sections. Following this, she was appointed as a Clare Boothe…
Read MoreCelebrating the Launch of Envoy Labs
We are so excited to extend our best wishes to Candace Fleming, and to two incredible nuclear engineering colleagues, Prof. Lee Bernstein and Dr. Andrew Voyles, as they officially launch…
Read MoreBIG NEWS! Our student section has officially been selected to host the 2027 Student Conference!
Huge congratulations to the entire ANS team for their outstanding work in making this happen.
Read MoreUC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Faculty Takes the Stage at After Dark: Nuclear Options
We’d love to share a highlight with the Nuclear Engineering community: A few weeks ago at the After Dark: Nuclear Options event at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, UC Berkeley’s…
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