Fall 2011 Colloquium Series
EM2 and Spinoff Technologies
SPEAKER: ROBERT SCHLEICHER DATE/TIME: MON, 11/28/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: EM2 is a helium-cooled fast reactor with a conversion ratio of near unity. It…
Read MoreNeutron Generators for Active Interrogation Applications in Nuclear Safeguards and Homeland Security
SPEAKER: BERNHARD LUDEWIGT DATE/TIME: MON, 11/21/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Ion Beam Technology Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is conducting…
Read MoreOrigins, Visions, Plans & Wave Reactors
SPEAKER: JOHN GILLELAND DATE/TIME: MON, 11/14/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The traveling wave reactor concept and its potential benefits will be reviewed. The plan…
Read MoreThe Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
SPEAKER: BRAD SHERRILL DATE/TIME: MON, 11/07/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: A quest of experimental nuclear science is to synthesize atoms made of unusual combinations…
Read MoreThe Attractiveness of Materials in Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles for Various Proliferation and Theft Scenarios
SPEAKER: CHARLES BATHKE DATE/TIME: MON, 10/31/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: We must anticipate that the day is approaching when details of nuclear weapons design…
Read MoreFrom Nuclear Medicine to Molecular Imaging: A Spectrum of Isotopes and New Molecular Probes
SPEAKER: HENRY VANBROCKLIN DATE/TIME: MON, 10/24/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: For nearly 90 years radioisotopes have been applied to image the in vivo biology…
Read MoreNuclear Energy and Health
SPEAKER: JERRY CUTTLER DATE/TIME: MON, 10/17/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: Energy needs worldwide are expected to increase for the foreseeable future, but fuel supplies…
Read MorePrecision Beta-Delayed Neutron Spectroscopy Using Trapped Radioactive Ions
SPEAKER: NICHOLAS D. SCIELZO DATE/TIME: MON, 10/03/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: Neutrons emitted following the beta decay of fission fragments play an important role…
Read MoreGathering the Tools for a Renewed UCSF Department of Radiation Oncology: From Dose to Image to Dose
SPEAKER: JEAN POULIOT DATE/TIME: MON, 09/26/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: Radiation therapy, alone or in combination with other modalities, is involved in the treatment…
Read MoreThe Materials Test Station: A Fast Spectrum Irradiation Facility
SPEAKER: ERIC PITCHER DATE/TIME: MON, 09/19/2011 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2011 Colloquium Series Abstract: The proposed Materials Test Station, to be built at the Los Alamos Neutron Science…
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