Delilah Catron

New Department Chair Announcement: Max Fratoni

By Delilah Catron | July 28, 2023

New Department Chair Announcement: Massimiliano Fratoni July 1, 2023 The UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department is pleased to announce our new department chair Massimiliano Fratoni. Massimiliano Fratoni is Xenel Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB). He received a Laurea in Nuclear Engineering from Sapienza Università di…

New Faculty Announcement: Bethany Goldblum

By Delilah Catron | July 5, 2023

New Faculty Announcement: Bethany Goldblum July 1st, 2023 The UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering Department is pleased to announce new faculty member Dr. Bethany L. Goldblum. She joins the department as an Associate Professor in Fall 2023. Goldblum is a Faculty Scientist in the Nuclear Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. She is also Executive…

NRC Completes Safety Review of Construction Permit Application For Kairos Test Reactor in Tennessee

By Delilah Catron | June 28, 2023

NRC Completes Safety Review of Construction Permit Application For Kairos Test Reactor in Tennessee June 15th, 2023 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued its Final Safety Evaluation Report for the Construction Permit Application for the Kairos Power Hermes Demonstration Reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee three months ahead of schedule. Read the NRC briefing. UC Berkeley, along…

NASA Open Science: Space Radiation and Biological Effects

By Delilah Catron | April 28, 2023

SPEAKER: Dr. Sylvain V. Costes Space Biosciences Research Branch Chief Project Manager for Open Science for Space Biology (GeneLab/ALSDA) Director of the Radiation Biophysics Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/28/2023 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2023 Colloquium Series Abstract The challenges and risks associated with deep space missions require…

Peter Hosemann Hosts UC Berkeley Manufacturing of Materials Workshop

By Delilah Catron | March 29, 2023

Professor Peter Hosemann Hosts Manufacturing of Materials Workshop March 29th, 2023 UCBNE Professor Peter Hosemann assisted in hosting the workshop “Research & Development: Manufacturing of Materials for Industry Applications” March 27th-29th with members of industry, government and academia. 70 participants discussed the need for comprehensive materials evaluation in the context of manufacturing processes. Each day…

Proton therapy: a perfect slice of physics, mathematics, and biology

By Delilah Catron | March 24, 2023

SPEAKER: Ke Sheng, Ph.D., FAAPM, Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Physics Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco DATE/TIME: FRI, 03/124/2023 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Radiotherapy delivers an ionizing cytotoxic dose to both tumors and normal tissues. Research in the past decades has focused on reducing normal tissue dose. Protons…