Spring 2019 Colloquium Series
Enhancing Nuclear Plant Economics and Safety Through Online Monitoring and Prognostics
SPEAKER: JAMIE COBLE DATE/TIME: MON, 04/29/2019 at 4:00PM – 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Enhancing Nuclear Plant Economics and Safety through Online Monitoring and Prognostics Abstract: The current approach to operations and maintenance (O&M) relies primarily on periodic inspection and maintenance activities scheduled to preclude in-service degradation and failure; however, this…
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SPEAKER: TODD ALLEN DATE/TIME: MON, 04/22/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: An interesting new narrative has arisen around the need for nuclear energy and how an emerging set of privately funded companies are attempting to take a new set of nuclear energy products to commercialization. This presentation will describe…
Read MoreHastening Innovation in Materials for Energy
SPEAKER: DR. MICHAEL P. SHORT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING MIT DATE/TIME: MON, 04/15/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Energy production and availability is the root driving force behind economic development and prosperity. The energy sector employs 5% of all Americans, with 7% of new job growth attributed…
Read MoreIsotopic Feedback and Stability in Fission Waves
SPEAKER: ANDREW OSBORNE DATE/TIME: MON, 04/08/2018 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Under the right conditions, self sustaining fission waves can form in fertile nuclear materials. These waves result from the transport and absorption of neutrons and the resulting production of fissile and fissionable isotopes. When these fission, additional neutrons…
Read MoreMulti-physics Modeling and Simulation of Advanced Reactor Concepts Using MOOSE: A Cohesive Computational Framework
SPEAKER: DR. RICHARD MARTINEAU DIRECTOR NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY’S (NS&T) MODELING AND SIMULATION DATE/TIME: MON, 04/01/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: In 2008, Dr. Martineau’s Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project enabled the development of INL’s Multiphysics Object-Oriented Simulation Environment (MOOSE) computational framework. The development of INL’s Multiphysics Object-Oriented…
Read MoreSmall, modular & economically attractive fusion enabled by high-field superconductors
SPEAKER: DR. DENNIS WHYTE DATE/TIME: MON, 03/18/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: The origin, development and new opportunities of an accelerated strategy for magnetic fusion energy based on the high-field approach are developed. This approach confinement devices are designed at the maximum possible value of vacuum magnetic field strength, B.…
Read MoreDisorder-based Instruments and Methods for Sensitive Nuclear Inspections
SPEAKER: DR. SÉBASTIEN PHILIPPE STANTON NUCLEAR SECURITY FELLOW DATE/TIME: MON, 03/11/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Verifying states compliance with international agreements requires trustworthy data. Acquiring such data requires, in turn, measurement systems that are considered secure by all parties. This is particularly challenging in cases where measurements are conducted in sensitive…
Read MoreIridium an Important Neutron Flux Monitor
SPEAKER: DR. ROBERT RUNDBERG TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBER LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 03/04/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Iridium has been used for decades at Los Alamos as a fluence monitor in underground nuclear testing. Iridium can be used to monitor three neutron spectral groups at once, thermal/epithermal, 14 MeV,…
Read MoreMeasuring Carbon-in-soil Distribution using an Associate Particle Imaging System
SPEAKER: ARUN PERSAUD STAFF SCIENTIST ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED PHYSICS DIVISION (ATAP) LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 02/25/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2019 Colloquium Series Abstract: Associated Particle Imaging (API) is a nuclear technique that allows for the nondestructive determination of 3D isotopic distributions. The technique is based on the detection of the alpha particles…
Read MoreExploring Beam-Wave Interactions in Pursuit of Next Generation Accelerators
SPEAKER:EMILIO NANNIDATE/TIME:MON, 02/11/2019 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PMLOCATION:3105 ETCHEVERRY HALLSpring 2019 Colloquium SeriesAbstract: Accelerators ranging from midscale RF photoinjectors for femtosecond electron-diffractionexperiments, to kilometer long x-ray free electron lasers that produce femtosecond x-ray pulsesare utilized to resolve materials with atomic precision on femtosecond timescales. While theperformance and recent results of these facilities are extraordinary, ensuring their continuedvitality requires us…
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