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  • The Essential Role of Universities in Advanced Reactor Deployment
    Dr. Kathryn D. Huff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Abstract: Many University TRTRs were shut down in the 1980s & 1990s as student enrollments waned. In the 2000s, student enrollment in nuclear engineering and enthusiasm for carbon-free nuclear energy has rebounded mightily, but no new university TRTRs have […]
  • Kairos Power’s Hermes, one of the Risk Reduction Projects awarded by DOE’s Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program
    Kairos Power's Hermes, one of the Risk Reduction Projects awarded by DOE's Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program December 16th, 2020 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the projects to be funded by its Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program (ARDP) award for Risk Reduction funding. Kairos Power LLC (Alameda, CA) was selected and will be awarded […]
  • Rachel Slaybaugh to Lead Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road
    Rachel Slaybaugh to Lead Berkeley Lab’s Cyclotron Road Nuclear engineer and former ARPA-E program director takes the helm at the Lab’s division for entrepreneurial scientists for full article click here
  • Berkeley Material Scientists designs recharge able N95 mask
    Berkeley Material Scientists designs rechargeable N95 mask December 9th, 2020 The COVID19 Pandemic has exposed the limits of even the most efficient of masks used by first responders. N95 masks, considered the "gold standard" for anti-viral protection, is only recommended to be worn once and require a tight fit around the mouth and nose. "Urban […]
  • Kairos Power Selects Location for Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Test Reactor
    Kairos Power Selects Location for Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Test Reactor December 12th, 2020 Kairos Power has announced the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee will be the location for their Fluoride Salt-Cooled High-Temperature Test Reactor, pending further discussion with state and local officials. Find their official press release on their website: https://kairospower.com/external_updates/kairos-power-selects-east-tennessee-technology-park-site-for-fluoride-salt-cooled-high-temperature-test-reactor/ […]
  • Grey Batie wows at the 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference (DIRC20)
    Grey Batie wows at the 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference November 13th, 2020 The third annual Diversity & Inclusion Research Conference took place November 12-13, 2020 as a virtual event, reaching more than 500 attendees across six continents. DIRC20 featured nearly 50 panelists and speakers, which ranged from a University President to the Chief […]
  • Complex Oxides in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle – New Activities at UC Irvine
    Complex Oxides in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle – New Activities at UC Irvine, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at UCI SPEAKER: Sarah Finkeldei Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering at UCI DATE/TIME: MON, 11/16/2020 - 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Complex oxides with fluorite derived […]
  • Isotope Production: Occupation and/or Adventure
    Isotope Production: Occupation and/or Adventure, Dr. Etienne Vermeulen, Senior Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory SPEAKER: Dr. Etienne Vermeulen Senior Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory DATE/TIME: MON, 11/09/2020 - 4:00PM TO 5:00PM Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Radioisotope production is a fascinating field of study that encompasses multiple disciplines, ranging from nuclear physics and chemistry to nuclear engineering […]
  • Jasmina Vujic: The First Female Chair of a Nuclear Engineering Department
    Jasmine Vujic: The First Female Chair of a Nuclear Engineering Department November 06, 2020 Jasmina Vujic was the first woman to join UC Berkeley’s nuclear engineering faculty in 1992, and in 2005 became the first female chair of a nuclear engineering department in the nation. She is renowned as a top researcher in the field […]
  • Nuclear Energy: Essential to the Energy Transition
    Nuclear Energy: Essential to the Energy Transition, William D. Magwood, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) SPEAKER: William D. Magwood Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) DATE/TIME: MON, 11/02/2020 - 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Fall 2020 Colloquium Series Abstract: Around the world, governments are taking actions intended to lead to a new, environmentally sustainable […]
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