Spring 2021 Colloquium Series
Individual Stories behind Fukushima Nuclear Tragedy
SPEAKER: Kazuma Obara Photojournalist DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/30/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: via zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Japanese photojournalist Obara will give a talk about individual stories of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear workers in Fukushima. Many aspects of the accident and working conditions forced nuclear workers to be silent after the accident. Workers became invisible from…
Read MoreFuel Cycle Needs to Support Advanced Reactors
SPEAKER: Christina J. Leggett, Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering Technical Consultant Booz Allen Hamilton DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/23/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Now is an exciting time for the nuclear industry. Several advanced reactor designers are vying to enter the reactor market with a range of reactor designs, including molten salt…
Read MoreThinking differently about radiation damage: New methods of measurement using nuclear magnetic resonance.
SPEAKER: Ian Farnan Professor of Earth and Nuclear Materials in the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/23/2021 – 11:00AM TO 12:00PM LOCATION: zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: The effects of radiation damage are a constant source of concern in nuclear engineering. The need the need to achieve greater tolerance over…
Read MoreProtactinium Production in Leading Thorium Fuel Cycles
SPEAKER: Dr. Eva C. Uribe senior systems research analyst at Sandia National Laboratories DATE/TIME: FRI, 04/09/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom SPRING 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Nuclear power from thorium fuel cycles is being explored around the world to extend uranium resource and to reduce the quantity of long-lived nuclear waste generated by civilian…
Read MoreUniversity-National Lab Collaborations in Nuclear Engineering: From Research to Workforce
SPEAKER: Dr. Noël Bakhtian Executive Director of the Berkeley Lab Energy Storage Center at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Lab DATE/TIME: FRI, 03/19/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom SPRING 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: The Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) is a consortium bringing together the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory…
Read MoreElectrification in Metals and Mining: One Path Forward?
SPEAKER: Antoine Allanore Associate Professor of Metallurgy in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT DATE/TIME: FRI, 03/12/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: Zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Metals and minerals remain at the basis of modern society and their affordable and environmentally respectable extraction and recycling is required. A global population…
Read MoreDESIGN AND MODELING CHALLENGES OF NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS
SPEAKER: Kotlyar Dan, Assistant Professor Nuclear and Radiological Office: (404) 385-5372, dan.kotlyar@me.gatech.edu WEBSITE: https://sites.gatech.edu/core/ DATE/TIME: FRI, 03/5/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Dr. Kotlyar has established a sustainable research program in the field of advanced nuclear reactor design and multiphysics analysis. His Computational Reactor Engineering Laboratory (CoRE) focuses on…
Read MoreNuScale Power – A Scalable Clean Energy Solution
SPEAKER: José N. Reyes, Jr. Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder DATE/TIME: FRI, 02/26/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: VIA ZOOM SPRING 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: Recent studies show that the addition of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to the renewable energy mix offers the least cost path to achieving clean energy mandates. NuScale Power has developed…
Read MorePersonalized Cancer Radiotherapy Through In Vivo Sensing
SPEAKER: Mekhail Anwar, MD PhD DATE/TIME: FRI, 02/19/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: via zoom Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: We will discuss how to personalize cancer therapy through the development of new integrated circuit-based platforms for detecting both the delivery of charged particle therapy (CPT). Real-time in vivo dosimetry – at the single…
Read MoreNuclear Landscapes: planning for nuclear waste disposal using cultural heritage thinking
SPEAKER: Rosemary Joyce Professor of Anthropology DATE/TIME: FRI, 02/12/2021 – 3:00PM TO 4:00PM LOCATION: ZOOM Spring 2021 Colloquium Series Abstract: The global nuclear industry has for decades used sites like Stonehenge as models for designs for long-term markers to be placed over nuclear waste repositories to ensure they are not violated in distant, imagined futures.…
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