News and Events - Spring 09 Colloquiums

Location is 3105 Etcheverry Hall; Cookies and Coffee served at 3:45.

Dr. Lee.jpg22 May 2009Deokjung Lee, Ph.D.

Studsvik Scandpower, Inc.

The impact of 238U resonance elastic scattering approximations on thermal reactor Doppler reactivity
Frank_Shu sm.jpg11 May 2009Dr. Shu Frank

University Professor, UCSD; Adviser on Energy to Premier of Taiwan

“Taiwan's Interest in Molten Salt Reactors and the Thorium Cycle”
Hosemann.jpg8 May 2009Peter Hosemann

LANL

Material Issues in a Heavy Liquid Metal Cooling Environment and Irradiations and Testing of Advanced Materials for Fission...Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Boyer BIO photo.jpg4 May 2009Brian D. Boyer, Ph.D.

Los Alamos National Laboratory

“The Rudiments of IAEA Safeguards with a Focus on the Key Safeguards Challenges”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Gueters.jpg27 Apr 2009Dr. Stephen Guetersloh

Texas A&M University

“Understanding the Risk of Space Radiation: Why it Matters for Ground-based Health”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Gilleland20 Apr 2009John Gilleland

TerraPower LLC

“The TerraPower Initiative”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Dr. Lyles.jpg13 Apr 2009Dr. Bethany Lyles Goldblum

Nuclear Engineering Department, UC Berkeley

The Surrogate Method: An Indirect Approach to Nuclear Reactions Data to the Benefit of Future Nuclear Energy SystemsClick here to watch a recording of the talk
Antonino Romano - picture.JPG10 Apr 2009Dr. Antonino Romano, 2-3pm at 3111

Accenture S.L.

“Fuel challenges for high performance nuclear systems: research on nuclear fuel at high burnup”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
April 6 Carolyn Heising.jpg6 Apr 2009Carolyn D. Heising

Professor, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University

“SAFEGUARDS CONSIDERATIONS OF THORIUM UTILIZATION IN NUCLEAR REACTOR FUEL CYCLES”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Tang Vincent.JPG30 Mar 2009Vincent Tang

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Fusion Neutron Sources for Energy and National Security ApplicationsClick here to watch a recording of the talk
16 Mar 2009Kevin Clarno

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Bridging the Gaps: Improving Reactor Neutronics at Domain InterfacesClick here to watch a recording of the talk
03 March 09 Peter Lam Picture.JPG9 Mar 2009Peter Lam

Administrative Judge Emeritus, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

“RISK ASSESSMENT, OPERATING EXPERIENCE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
March 9 Dorning Jack.jpg9 Mar 2009Jack Dorning

Univeristy of Virginia

“The Metamorphosis of Nonlinear Plasma Waves: Periodic Waves to Solitary Waves to Shock Waves to Solitary Waves … ”
Peterson.jpg2 Mar 2009Prof. Per Peterson

Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California at Berkeley

Status and Progress for the Pebble-Bed Advanced High Temperature ReactorClick here to watch a recording of the talk
27 Feb 2009Jacques Bouchard

Chairman of the Generation IV International Forum (GIF), Advisor to the Chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

“Fast Neutron Reactors and Sustainable Development”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
Morse.jpg23 Feb 2009Professor Ed Morse

Nuclear Engineering Department, Univeristy of California at Berkeley

“The Domestic Nuclear Threat Security (DoNuTS) Project”Click here to watch a recording of the talk
JamesConca.jpg9 Feb 2009Dr. James Conca

New Mexico State University

“The GeoPolitics of Energy: Achieving a Just and Sustainable Energy Distribution by 2040”
29 Jan 2009Roy Freud

Nuclear Research Center – Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel

“Collapsing Criteria for Vapor film around solid Spheres as a Fundamental Stage leading to Vapor Explosion”
26 Jan 2009Dr. Jeff W. Eerkens

Adjunct Research Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri - Columbia

"Laser Enrichment of Uranium"Click here to watch a recording of the talk