8/30/2010 Colloquium - Jinsuo Zhang
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Jinsuo ZhangLos Alamos National Laboratory |
Event Info
Title: Pyrochemical Process for Nuclear Spent Fuel Reprocessing
Date: Aug 30, 2010
Location: 3105 Etcheverry Hall
Time: 4-5pm
Abstract
Pyrochemical processing can play an important role in the development of advanced nuclear reactors that are integrated with advanced nuclear fuel cycle technologies. Recent progress in research toward advanced nuclear fuel cycles has illustrated the potential effectiveness of pyrochemical process for spent fuels and other low level wastes treatment. The talk will overview the pyrochemical technique and its applications in spent fuel reprocessing, including the process basis, the current status, modeling development and future studies needed for scaling up current lab-scale experiments up to industrial applications.
Speaker Biography
Dr. Zhang received his doctorate in 2001at Zhejiang University, China. He joined the Center for Non-linear Studies of Los Alamos National Laboratory as a post-doctor research associate, and has been a staff scientist of the International Nuclear Engineering System since 2004. In 2004-2007, he was adjunct research faculty of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and in 2007 he was a visiting faculty of the same university. He has been an adjunct faculty of Ohio University since 2009. He has a broad interest in Nuclear Engineering and science, including advanced nuclear coolant technology, materials compatibility and degradation under extreme conditions, and nuclear spent fuel reprocessing.
