Spring 2020 Colloquium Series

SPEAKER: BETHANY GOLDBLUM DATE/TIME: MON, 04/20/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: via ZOOM Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: While the probability of nuclear exchange may be low, the consequences are undeniably grave. My research focuses on methods to improve nuclear security and nonproliferation while advancing technically-sound policies. Via a series of vignettes, I discuss the three main…

SPEAKER: HARUKO WAINWRIGHT DATE/TIME: MON, 04/13/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: via ZOOM Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract:Environmental concerns – mainly associated with nuclear waste and nuclear accidents – have been one of the biggest bottlenecks for nuclear energy. At the same time, the society has been struggling to assess these risks relative to other hazardous waste, other pollution and…

SPEAKER: EDWARD BLANDFORD DATE/TIME: MON, 04/06/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: via ZOOM Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Fluoride-salt cooled, high-temperature reactors (FHRs) combine existing technologies in a novel way, using high-temperature fuels from gas-cooled reactors with a low-pressure molten salt coolant.  In the last decade, U.S. national laboratories and universities have addressed key scientific and technical…

SPEAKER: YOUNGHO SEO DATE/TIME: MON, 03/30/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: via ZOOM Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Biomedical imaging modalities that rely on x-ray and gamma-ray interactions in biological objects and radiation detectors present potential risk of radiation-related complications. In many cases, imaging using ionizing radiation is essential to detect and monitor human diseases; however there…

SPEAKER: RACHEL SLAYBAUGH DATE/TIME: MON, 03/09/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: We all (I hope) want to use our careers to make a difference. This talk will walk through one example of how that might look and lead into a broader discussion of how one could use a highly…

SPEAKER: CHRISTINE ANDERSON-COOK DATE/TIME: MON, 03/02/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: In 2017 and 2018, NA-22 sponsored a project to host data competitions to solicit innovative solutions for urban radiation detection problems. A team from Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Berkeley National Laboratories fielded and hosted two competitions. The…

SPEAKER: BRANDON HAUGH DATE/TIME: MON, 02/24/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Advanced modeling and simulation tools have been under development at national laboratories, universities and research institutes around the world.  These tools have progressed to a point where a new reactor type can benefit from them and shed the…

SPEAKER: MARK CHADWICK DATE/TIME: MON, 02/10/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Co-hosted with NSSC Abstract: I will describe research at Los Alamos that is advancing our US nuclear technology capabilities. Some of the applied areas we are working on are described: stockpile stewardship, and nuclear threat reduction. Experimental and simulation…

SPEAKER: CARL B. SHROEDER DATE/TIME: MON, 01/27/2020 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Spring 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Plasma waves can support extremely large accelerating fields, several orders of magnitude greater than conventional accelerators. Hence they can provide a compact method of generating energetic charged particle beams.  Plasma waves suitable for particle acceleration may be…