Photon-based Imaging in Active Interrogation of Special Nuclear Material

SPEAKER: ANNA ERICKSON ASSISTANT PROFESSOR NUCLEAR & RADIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING WOODRUFF SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT GEORGIA TECH DATE/TIME: MON, 05/01/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: In cargo scanning for special nuclear materials, beam source and detector response influence output image quality, which ultimately determines whether special nuclear material (SNM) can…

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IN-CORE TRITIUM UPTAKE BY GRAPHITE IN THE FLUORIDE-SALT COOLED HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR (FHR)

SPEAKER: DR. RALUCA O. SCARLAT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/21/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3110 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: One of the key technological challenges for Fluoride-Salt-Cooled High Temperature Reactors (FHRs) is tritium management. Tritium is produced by neutron activation of the lithium-6 and beryllium-9 isotopes…

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Magnetic Particle Imaging as a Deep-Penetrating, Quantitative, Sensitive Molecular and Cellular Imaging Method with 100-nM Sensitivity

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR STEVEN CONOLLY M. COOK ENDOWED CHAIR BIOENGINEERING AND EECS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/17/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a noninvasive biomedical imaging modality that shows great promise for Molecular and Cellular Imaging. MPI is in the earliest stages of development…

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Controlled Synthesis of Actinide Materials: Science Underpinning Development of Advanced Nuclear Fuels

SPEAKER: DR. STEFAN MINASIAN LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: WED, 04/12/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: The design of advanced nuclear fuels poses considerable challenges in terms of understanding the physical phenomena occurring in complex systems under extreme conditions, with length scales from the atomic to the macroscopic, and over…

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Heavy elements in nature: from radionuclide decontamination to targeted radiotherapy

SPEAKER: DR. REBECCA ABERGEL STAFF SCIENTIST AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY OFFICER, CHEMICAL SCIENCES DIVISION DEPUTY DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: TUES, 04/11/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Recent events have called attention to the persistent possibilities of environmental and human contamination with radioisotopes such…

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Phase stability of nuclear materials in extreme environments

SPEAKER: DR. CAMERON L. TRACY DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND COOPERATION STANDFORD UNIVERSITY DATE/TIME: MON, 04/10/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Throughout the nuclear fuel cycle materials are subjected to extreme conditions. Nuclear fission and decay yield high temperatures in fuels and wastes, while mechanical stresses…

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Atoms for Humanity: The Heroic Journey of Nuclear Power

SPEAKER: MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS DATE/TIME: MON, 03/20/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series About the Speaker: Michael Shellenberger is an award-winning author and environmental policy expert. For a quarter-century he has advocated solutions to lift all people out of poverty while lessening humankind’s environmental impact. Michael is coauthor of visionary…

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The Accidental Engineer: A Physicist’s Walk on the Dark Side

SPEAKER: KARL VAN BIBBER PROFESSOR AND CHAIR DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/13/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: In just a few short decades, the universe we really know about and call home has been demoted to a mere 4% of the total energy density…

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Tandem Mirror Fusion Reactors Burning Advanced Fuels

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR T. KENNETH FOWLER PROFESSOR EMERITUS DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/06/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: Advances in superconducting magnet technology and new results at Novosibirsk point the way to improved tandem mirror fusion reactors burning a variety of fuels –- pure DD,…

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A Comic Pile: Tales from the history of Nukees, a comic strip so old it can legally drink

SPEAKER: DARREN BLEUEL, PH.D. STAFF PHYSICIST LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 02/27/2017 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2017 Colloquium Series Abstract: In 1997, Darren Bleuel was told to shut up complaining about the comics in the Daily Californian and do something about it himself.  Twenty one years later, “Nukees,” a comic strip about…

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