Nuclear Energy: Achievements, Lessons Learned & Prospects

SPEAKER: ROBERT A. BARI, PH.D. SENIOR PHYSICIST, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 06/06/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The historical development of nuclear energy as an enabling technology will be reviewed. Current successes and key milestones will be presented. Lessons-learned from the three major nuclear accidents during the past four…

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The Opportunity of Global Nuclear Innovation

SPEAKER: RACHEL SLAYBAUGH, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPT. OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/25/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: To expand our ability to improve global health, the environment, and prosperity, a new level of innovation in nuclear energy is needed because nuclear must be an integral…

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IAEA Activities in Support of Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems Development and Deployment

SPEAKER: STEFANO MONTI, PH.D. HEAD OF THE NUCLEAR POWER TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA) DATE/TIME: MON, 04/18/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) actively supports its Member States in the development of evolutionary and innovative nuclear reactors. With the fundamental support of its…

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Here be Dragons: Mysteries of the Neutrino

SPEAKER: GABRIEL OREBI GANN, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/11/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Neutrinos are one of the most fascinating particles that occur in nature. Hundreds of millions of times smaller than the proton, the neutrino was once thought to be…

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Accelerator Research in the U.S. for High Energy Physics: A biased perspective

SPEAKER: WILLIAM BARLETTA, PH.D. DIRECTOR, US PARTICLE ACCELERATOR SCHOOL, FERMILAB DATE/TIME: MON, 03/14/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The U.S. could move boldly toward accelerating transformational accelerator research for high-energy physics. Profound questions remain to be answered in particle physics; recent discoveries reconfirm the value of continued investments. However, going…

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Proving the Negative: The Evolution of Nuclear Safeguards and Challenges for Implementation

SPEAKER: LANCE KIM, PH.D. DATE/TIME: MON, 02/29/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: Under its State Level Concept, the International Atomic Energy Agency envisions a State Level Approach for safeguards implementation that considers, inter alia, a state’s nuclear and nuclear-related activities and capabilities as a whole when developing an annual safeguards…

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Low-dose Radiation: A Problem or a Solution?

SPEAKER: MOHAN DOSS, PH.D., MCCPM MEDICAL PHYSICIST ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER DATE/TIME: MON, 02/08/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The carcinogenic effect of low-dose radiation (LDR) has been debated intensely in the scientific community over the past several decades, with many publications supporting the linear no-threshold…

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Nuclear Science and Security Consortium: Training the Next Generation of Experts

SPEAKER: JASMINA VUJIC, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING PROGRAM DIRECTOR, NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND SECURITY CONSORTIUM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 02/01/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Nuclear Science and Security Consortium (NSSC) enlists seven of the Nation’s premier educational institutions and four DOE national laboratories to grow and…

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A Noob’s Guide to Reproducibility

SPEAKER: PHILIP B. STARK, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF STATISTICS SENIOR FELLOW, BERKELEY INSTITUTE OF DATA SCIENCE ASSOCIATE DEAN, DIVISION OF MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 01/25/2016 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2016 Colloquium Series Abstract: What does it mean to work reproducibly and transparently? Why bother? Whom does it benefit,…

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