Fall 2017 Colloquium Series
Berkeley Nuclear Free Act: Past and Future
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 1986 and established the City of Berkeley as a Nuclear Free Zone. This had ramifications on the City of Berkeley’s relationships with the University of…
Read MoreProgress in Developing High Dose Radiation Tolerant Ferritic Steels for Nuclear Applications
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 Nuclear Technology R&D program is investigating options to transmute minor actinides. To achieve this goal, new fuels and cladding materials must be developed and tested…
Read MoreMSR Safeguards Considerations and Challenges
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: Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) include a large number of reactor and fuel cycle variants, some with liquid fuels others with solid fuels. As a new…
Read MoreIs Nuclear Arms Control Dead?
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 UC BERKELEY) DATE/TIME: MON, 11/13/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: co-hosted by the Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (http://nssc.berkeley.edu/) The…
Read MoreHomogeneity and Isotropy Restoration (HIRE) Theoretic Derivation of Multigroup Transport Equations
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 Series Abstract: The talk discusses a new derivation of the multigroup transport equations, that maintain angle-independency in the total cross section and homogeneity in a…
Read MoreFukushima Accident, Six years on – How an antimatter physicist reacted to the Fukushima Accident
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” started to work actively in Fukushima. I will then focus on the present situation in Fukushima from the radiological protection view point, and discuss what…
Read MoreWorking with Journalists for Better Reporting on Radiation Incidents
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 on Radiation Incidents In the event of a radiation incident such as the use of a dirty bomb or nuclear reactor incident, accurate and swift…
Read MoreTransport Methods for Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications: Deterministic Cost Optimization and Monte Carlo Interface Perturbation Theory
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 Nonproliferation Enabling Capabilities will be presented. The first involves using deterministic calculations to estimate variances and computational times for optimizing variance reduction parameters with a…
Read MoreSpace Radiation and its Impact on Human Exploration of the Solar System
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: MON, 10/09/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Ionizing radiation is known to lead to health effects including cancer, cataracts and…
Read MoreModeling, Identification, & Fault Diagnostics of Batteries
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 batteries are expensive, range-limited, power-restricted, die too quickly, charge too slowly, and susceptible to safety issues. For this reason, model-based battery management systems are of…
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