Fall 2016 Colloquium Archive
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Fall 2017 Colloquium
Fall 2017 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKERS: GORDON WOZNIAK ANDREW GREENOP DATE/TIME: MON, 12/04/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Berkeley Nuclear Free Act was passed as a voter initiative in …
Continue reading “Berkeley Nuclear Free Act: Past and Future”
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 …
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: …
Continue reading “MSR Safeguards Considerations and Challenges”
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 …
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 …
SPEAKER: RYUGO HAYANO EMERITUS PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO DATE/TIME: MON, 10/30/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: I will first discuss briefly why an “antimatter physicist” …
SPEAKER: CAROLYN MACKENZIE RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & SAFETY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/23/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Working with Journalists for Better Reporting …
Continue reading “Working with Journalists for Better Reporting on Radiation Incidents”
SPEAKER: BRIAN KIEDROWSKI ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DATE/TIME: MON, 10/16/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Two different particle transport methods currently being developed for the Consortium for …
SPEAKER: JACK MILLER, PH.D. GUEST SCIENTIST, MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS AND INTEGRATED BIOIMAGING DIVISION, LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY CONSULTANT, NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER CO-EDITOR FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH DATE/TIME: …
Continue reading “Space Radiation and its Impact on Human Exploration of the Solar System”
SPEAKER: SCOTT MOURA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | DIRECTOR OF ECAL UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 09/18/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Batteries are ubiquitous. However, today’s …
Continue reading “Modeling, Identification, & Fault Diagnostics of Batteries”
Fall 2018 Colloquium
Fall 2018 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: DR. ELEANOR A. BLAKELY LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/26/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: Hadron radiotherapy for cancer treatment with protons or …
Continue reading “Hadron Therapy–Current Progress and Research Issues”
Laser-driven Pulsed Neutron Sources as a potential Pool-side Characterization Tool for Nuclear Fuels
SPEAKER: SVEN C. VOGEL TECHNICAL STAFF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/19/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: The unique …
SPEAKER: SUSAN HOGLE NUCLEAR ENGINEER DATE/TIME: MON, 11/05/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: The transplutonium elements were discovered beginning in the 1940s and 50s, with …
Continue reading “Production of the Transplutonium Elements”
SPEAKER: NAOMI E. MARKS RESEARCH SCIENTIST DATE/TIME: MON, 10/29/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: Cohosted together with the NSSC The illicit trafficking of radioactive and nuclear …
SPEAKER: DR. YOUNGHO SEO UC BERKELEY – UCSF DATE/TIME: MON, 10/22/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: Molecular imaging modalities such as SPECT and PET can …
Continue reading “Quantitative molecular imaging using ionizing radiation”
SPEAKER: SATISH V. KULKARNI, PH.D. VIRGINIA TECH DATE/TIME: MON, 10/15/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: Today, the US – India relationship is rooted in shared …
SPEAKER: DR. CONCETTA FAZIO DEPUTY HEAD OF THE NUCLEAR FUEL SAFETY UNIT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE (JRC) DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/12/2018 – 11:00AM TO 12:00PM LOCATION: 3111 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 …
Continue reading “Nuclear energy challenges in Europe and the transmutation promise”
Creating, Diagnosing, and Controlling High Energy Density Matter with the National Ignition Facility
SPEAKER: MARK HERRMANN LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/01/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: The National Ignition Facility (NIF), at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, …
SPEAKER: DR. DAVID BROWN SCIENTIST (S4) DATE/TIME: MON, 09/24/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Cross Section Evaluation Working Group (CSEWG) released the ENDF/B-VIII.0 evaluated …
SPEAKER: MICHAEL FLUSS VISITING SCIENTIST UCB-NE DATE/TIME: MON, 09/17/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2018 Colloquium Series Abstract: Nuclear Energy Material Scientists have been searching for the bias driven …
Continue reading “The Swelling Equation is a Four Dimensional Animal”
Fall 2019 Colloquium
Fall 2019 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: KURT EDSINGER DATE/TIME: MON, 12/09/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: In many ways, nuclear power has never been more needed than right now, …
SPEAKER: Kiel Holliday DATE/TIME: MON, 11/25/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: It’s not immediately intuitive to think of an explosion as a reducing environment. …
Continue reading “Plutonium and Uranium from Weapons Testing”
SPEAKER: RUTH M. TINNACHER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/18/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Most nuclear waste repository options …
SPEAKER: MARK HIBBS DATE/TIME: MON, 11/04/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: China today, after three decades of forced development and deployments, is poised to …
Continue reading “The Future of China’s Nuclear Power Program”
SPEAKER: DAREN JENSEN DATE/TIME: MON, 10/30/2019 – 6:00PM TO 7:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: This colloquium will discuss why it is important to embrace quality …
Continue reading “How to Deliver the Goods Through Application of Quality Assurance Principles”
The Single Volume Camera Project Overview
SPEAKER: Melinda Sweeny DATE/TIME: MON, 10/21/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Co-Hosted with NSSC Abstract: The Single Volume Scatter Camera (SVSC) Collaboration is multi-institution effort …
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SPEAKER: FLORENT HEIDET Manager, Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems group DATE/TIME: MON, 10/14/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Versatile Test Reactor (VTR) program is …
Continue reading “Status of the Versatile Test Reactor program”
SPEAKER: PERRY CHODASH DATE/TIME: MON, 09/18/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: After a 35-year hiatus, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is executing a series of …
SPEAKER: SUNGYEOL CHOI Assistant Professor of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) DATE/TIME: MON, 09/30/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium …
SPEAKER: RONALD LAURIDS BORING PHD DATE/TIME: MON, 09/23/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Staffing and control are crucial considerations in the development and licensing …
Continue reading ““We’ll Get to That Next!” Why You Shouldn’t Put Off Control Room Design”
Fall 2020 Colloquium
Fall 2020 Colloquium Archive
Complex Oxides in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle – New Activities at UC Irvine, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at UCI SPEAKER: Sarah Finkeldei Assistant Professor …
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Isotope Production: Occupation and/or Adventure, Dr. Etienne Vermeulen, Senior Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory SPEAKER: Dr. Etienne Vermeulen Senior Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory DATE/TIME: MON, 11/09/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall …
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Nuclear Energy: Essential to the Energy Transition, William D. Magwood, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) SPEAKER: William D. Magwood Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) DATE/TIME: MON, 11/02/2020 – …
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Impact of radiation-induced changes in dimension, mechanical properties and composition of reactor structural components, Francis “Frank” A. Garner, Research Scientist, Nuclear Engineering Department of Texas A&M University SPEAKER: Francis “Frank” …
SPEAKER: Yung Liu Senior Nuclear Engineer and Manager Packaging Certification & Life Cycle Management Program Decision and Infrastructure Sciences Division Argonne National Laboratory DATE/TIME: MON, 10/19/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall 2020 …
SPEAKER: Dr. Carrie Nuva Joseph (Hopi) Postdoctoral Research Fellow Center for Indigenous Environmental Health Research University of Arizona (UA) DATE/TIME: MON, 10/12/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: The …
SPEAKER: Kevin Field Associate Professor Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences University of Michigan DATE/TIME: MON, 10/02/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Materials can play a pivotal …
SPEAKER: SIMON LABOV DATE/TIME: MON, 09/28/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Via Zoom Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Co-hosted with NSSC Abstract: Conventional approaches to radiation measurements are sometimes insufficient to address the challenges …
Continue reading “Machine Learning approach to Nuclear Threat Detection”
SPEAKER: CANON BRYAN DATE/TIME: MON, 08/31/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: The nuclear energy industry is transforming from being highly concentrated and government- or multinational- funded …
SPEAKER: VASSILIA ZORBA DATE/TIME: MON, 09/14/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Pulsed laser technologies play a critical role in nuclear security, including remote sensing, safeguards and …
Continue reading “Next-Generation Laser Plasma Spectroscopy Technologies for Nuclear Security”
Fall 2021 Colloquium
Fall 2021 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: Arthur Motta DATE/TIME: FRI, 12/03/2021 – 4:00PM TO 5:30PM LOCATION: Bancroft Hotel Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: This talk is an homage to Don Olander, as a special tribute to the …
Continue reading “Don Olander and Light Water Reactor Materials: A Personal Memoir and Tribute”
SPEAKER: Brandon Sorbom Chief Science Officer Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) DATE/TIME: Fri, 10/5/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: ZOOM Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), …
Continue reading “Superconducting Magnets and the Path to Fusion Energy”
SPEAKER: Dr. Monica Regalbuto Idaho National Laboratory, Director, Integrated Fuel Cycle Strategy DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/29/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2021Colloquium Series Abstract: The United States …
Continue reading “The Evolving Nuclear Fuel Cycle – Challenges and Opportunities”
SPEAKER: Franklin Dollar Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, School of Physical Sciences; Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy; University of California, Irvine DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/22/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM …
SPEAKER: Jean-Pierre Beaudoin DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/15/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: via Zoom Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: What is a « good decision »? How is that judgment made? …
Continue reading “Decision Making, Communication, and Risk: the Public Opinion Equation”
SPEAKER: Daniele Filippetto Staff scientist Advanced Technology and Applied Physics Division, LBNL DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/08/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Electron beams …
Continue reading “Bright Electron Sources for Ultrafast Science”
SPEAKER: Koroush Shirvan John Clark Hardwick (1986) Career Development Professor Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/01/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: ZOOM Fall …
Continue reading “Nuclear Energy Cost Drivers and Innovations that Matter”
SPEAKER: DR. Robert Flavell Associate Professor Section Chief, Molecular Imaging and Therapeutics Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/24/2018 – 3:00PM TO …
Continue reading “Development of CD46 targeted theranostics for imaging and treatment of cancer”
SPEAKER: **In-Person only** Ali Hanks Lecturer and Assistant Project Scientist in Nuclear Engineering University of California, Berkeley DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/10/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 Etcheverry Hall The 2011 …
SPEAKER: Dr. John Sarrao Deputy Director Los Alamos National Laboratory DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/03/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Los Alamos’ partnership with …
Continue reading “Nuclear Engineering Opportunities at Los Alamos National Laboratory”
Fall 2022 Colloquium
Fall 2022 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: Jan Schuemann, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Associate Professor Associate Director of Physics Research Head of the Multi-scale Monte-Carlo Modeling Lab DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/18/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Abstract: Modeling …
SPEAKER: Thomas Wellock Historian DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/04/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 Etcheverry Hall Abstract: Since the dawn of the Atomic Age, nuclear experts have confronted a deceptively simple …
Continue reading “Safe Enough? The History of Probabilistic Risk Assessment and Nuclear Safety.”
SPEAKER: Nicholas Fisher Distinguished Professor School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/28/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall …
SPEAKER: Vedant K. Mehta, Ph.D. R&D Engineer DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/14/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: Next-gen small nuclear reactors or microreactors are …
Continue reading “Multi-scale multi-physics requirements for space reactors”
SPEAKER: Zach Hartwig The Robert N. Noyce Career Development Professor and Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering DATE/TIME: FRI, 10/07/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Webinar Fall 2022 Colloquium …
Continue reading “The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil and the high-field path to fusion energy”
SPEAKER: Shirmir D. Branch Chemist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/30/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: The application of online monitoring …
Continue reading “Online monitoring capabilities for harsh environments”
SPEAKER: Manyalibo J. Matthews, Ph.D. Division Leader, Materials Science Division Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/23/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: …
SPEAKER: Yong Dai Laboratory for Nuclear Materials, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/16/2018 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2022 Colloquium Series Abstract: Ferritic/martensitic (FM) and …
SPEAKER: Dr. Michael Evans Associate Professor in Residence, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF DATE/TIME: FRI, 09/09/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Webinar Fall 2022 Colloquium Series …
SPEAKER: Jake Hecla PhD candidate in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California DATE/TIME: FRI, 08/26/2022 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2022 Colloquium …
Continue reading “Making Sense of Nuclear Infrastructure Risks in Ukraine”
Spring 2011 Colloquium
Spring 2011 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: FRANCES MARSHALL DATE/TIME: MON, 05/02/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: This presentation provides an overview of the research and irradiation capabilities of the Advanced …
Continue reading “The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility Overview”
SPEAKER: CHRISTIAN TEICHERT DATE/TIME: MON, 04/25/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: Low-energy ion irradiation of semiconductor surfaces [1] opens an elegant and efficient route towards …
SPEAKER: DANA KELLY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/18/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: Quantitative risk assessments are an integral part of risk-informed regulation of current and future …
SPEAKER: BEKHZOD YULDASHEV DATE/TIME: MON, 04/04/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The review of the activities on repatriation of highly enriched spent fuel from research …
Continue reading “The Spent Nuclear Fuel and Non-Proliferation”
SPEAKER: DAN HOLDEN DATE/TIME: THU, 03/31/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The topic of nuclear nonproliferation (both cooperative and non-cooperative) is broad, drawing upon interdisciplinary …
Continue reading “Nuclear Nonproliferation Research at Los Alamos National Laboratory”
SPEAKER: MIKAEL NILSSON DATE/TIME: MON, 03/14/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: In the world today, nuclear energy comprises ~15% of the total electricity mix. This …
SPEAKER: KIEL HOLLIDAY DATE/TIME: WED, 03/09/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The incorporation of Eu and Cm into the LaPO4 monazite structure is presented as …
Continue reading “Trivalent Actinide and Lanthanide Interactions with Phosphate Materials”
SPEAKER: VLADIMIR MOZIN DATE/TIME: MON, 03/07/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory and …
Continue reading “Delayed Gamma Assay for Nuclear Safeguards”
SPEAKER: FARZAD RAHNEMA DATE/TIME: MON, 02/28/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: A new coarse-mesh radiation transport (COMET) method for modeling and simulation of realistic reactor …
SPEAKER: ANIL PRINJA DATE/TIME: MON, 02/14/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: High-energy charged particles (electrons, light and heavy ions, from 10’s keV to GeV and …
Spring 2014 Colloquium
Spring 2014 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: DR. BHASKAR SUR DATE/TIME: MON, 05/05/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Radioactive materials and sources have been used worldwide for the last 100 years …
SPEAKER: DR. OMAR HURRICANE DATE/TIME: WED, 04/23/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Ignition has been a long sought-after goal needed to make fusion energy a …
Continue reading “The High-foot Implosion Campaign on the National Ignition Facility”
SPEAKER: PROF.DR. SABINE ROESER DATE/TIME: MON, 04/21/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Technological risks raise important ethical issues. Although technologies such as nanotechnology, biotechnology, ICT, …
Continue reading “Nuclear Energy, Risks, and Moral Emotions”
SPEAKER: DR. DIMITRI KUSNEZOV DATE/TIME: MON, 04/14/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 277 CORY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: To provide insight on how science is drawn into time-urgent policy decisions through …
SPEAKER: SUSANA REYES, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 04/07/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Recent efforts on fusion energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have been …
Continue reading “Closing the Fusion Fuel Cycle: Tritium Recovery and Processing”
SPEAKER: MARK S. DERZON DATE/TIME: MON, 03/31/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Microfabrication offers some unique opportunities to build radiation sources as well as sensors. …
SPEAKER: MICHAELE (MIKEY) BRADY RAAP, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 03/17/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 102 MOFFITT Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The US is heavily invested in the detection and interdiction of nuclear …
SPEAKER: CAMERON G.R. GEDDES, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 03/10/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Laser-plasma accelerators (LPAs) produce GeV electron beams in centimeters, using the plasma …
Continue reading “Laser Plasma Accelerators and MeV Photon Sources for Nuclear Physics”
SPEAKER: KIRSTY GOGAN, MSC DATE/TIME: MON, 03/03/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: For the last ten years, government policy in Britain has sought to re-invigorate …
Continue reading “Delivering Britain’s Low-Carbon Nuclear Renaissance”
SPEAKER: PER F. PETERSON DATE/TIME: MON, 02/24/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: With its investment in small modular reactors (SMRs) based upon light water reactor …
Continue reading “UC Berkeley Contributions to High Temperature Reactor Technology: Recent Advances”
Spring 2015 Colloquium
Spring 2015 Colloquium Archive
SPEAKER: CHRISTOPHER CLEMENT SCIENTIFIC SECRETARY INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION DATE/TIME: MON, 05/04/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: The mandate of the International Commission on …
SPEAKER: PROFESSOR EHUD GREENSPAN DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/27/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: Research activities ongoing in the …
Continue reading “New Design Approaches for Improving Sustainability of Nuclear Energy”
SPEAKER: BRIGADIER GENERAL FEROZ HASSAN KHAN (R) NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL DATE/TIME: MON, 04/20/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: *Please note that this talk will not …
Continue reading “Security Dilemma in South Asia: Building Arsenals and Living with Distrust”
SPEAKER: LESLIE F. NAKAE, PH.D. STAFF PHYSICIST, NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES DIVISION LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/13/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: The …
Continue reading “Time Correlated Particle Detection for the Assessment of Special Nuclear Material”
SPEAKER: DR. SIEGFRIED S. HECKER CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND COOPERATION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/06/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: Nuclear risks changed dramatically …
SPEAKER: STEVEN J. ZINKLE, PH.D. GOVERNOR’S CHAIR PROFESSOR NUCLEAR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE DATE/TIME: MON, 03/30/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: High performance …
SPEAKER: DAVID HOLCOMB, PH.D., ORNL KUN CHEN, PH.D., SINAP DATE/TIME: MON, 03/09/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: ORNL-SINAP FHR CRADA Colloquium Joint Presentation by David …
SPEAKER: J. ADAM M. CUNHA, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN RESIDENCE DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DATE/TIME: MON, 03/16/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium …
SPEAKER: JESSICA LOVERING, M.S. SENIOR ENERGY ANALYST THE BREAKTHROUGH INSTITUTE DATE/TIME: MON, 03/02/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium Series Abstract: Jessica Lovering will highlight the work she’s …
Continue reading “Nuclear Power in the Broader Climate and Energy Debate”
Low Energy Nuclear Physics Research at LLNL
SPEAKER: PROF. DR. J.T. BURKE NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS GROUP NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL SCIENCES DIVISION LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 02/23/2015 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2015 Colloquium …
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