Fall 2014 Colloquium

SPEAKER: HENRY MAAR PH.D. CANDIDATE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, UCSB DATE/TIME: MON, 12/08/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: This talk explores the  role of public opinion …

Continue reading “The Challenge of Peace: Public Opinion, the Reagan Administration, and the Movement to Freeze the Arms Race”

SPEAKER: MARK DEINERT, PH.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN DATE/TIME: MON, 11/17/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The …

Continue reading “Advanced Reactors Systems for Sustainable Nuclear Power”

SPEAKER: DAWN SHAUGHNESSY, PH.D. DEPUTY DIRECTOR,HEAVY ELEMENT DISCOVERY GROUP, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/24/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The heavy element group …

Continue reading “Superheavy Element Discovery and Chemistry at LLNL”

SPEAKER: PROFESSOR TORU OBARA PROFESSOR OF RESEARCH LABORATORY FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DIRECTOR OF CENTER FOR RESEARCH INTO INNOVATIVE NUCLEAR ENERGY SYSTEMS (CRINES), TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY …

Continue reading “Kinetic analysis of criticality accident in weakly coupled fuel solution system”

SPEAKER: AKIYOSHI OBONAI TOHOKU ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY DATE/TIME: MON, 11/14/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 180 DOE LIBRARY Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: On, March 11, a massive earthquake occurred at 2:46 p.m. …

Continue reading “Safety Countermeasure of Onagawa NPS after the Great East-Japan Earthquake, and the current situation of nuclear power in Japan”

SPEAKER: ODMAA SAMBUU DOCTORAL PROGRAM STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DATE/TIME: FRI, 11/14/2014 – 12:15PM TO 1:00PM LOCATION: 4101 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: Failure to remove …

Continue reading “Systematic Study of a Small, Long-life HTGR Design for Passive-Decay Heat Removal”

SPEAKER: JOHN JY-AN WANG MATERIALS SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, OAK RIDGE, TN DATE/TIME: MON, 11/03/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: A …

Continue reading “Lessons Learned from CIRFT Testing Methodology in Applying to High Burn-up Spent Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity Study”

SPEAKER: JESS C. GEHIN, PH.D. REACTOR TECHNOLOGY R&D INTEGRATION LEAD REACTOR AND NUCLEAR SYSTEMS DIVISION, ORNL DATE/TIME: MON, 10/27/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series Abstract: The …

Continue reading “The CASL Energy Innovation Hub Development of the Virtual Environment for Reactor Applications”

SPEAKER: DIGBY D. MACDONALD, PH.D. DEPARTMENTS OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY DATE/TIME: MON, 10/20/2014 – 4:00PM TO 5:00PM LOCATION: 3105 ETCHEVERRY HALL Fall 2014 Colloquium Series …

Continue reading “Passivity; the Enabler of Our Reactive Metals-Based Civilization”