People - Ehud Greenspan

Email: gehud@nuc.berkeley.edu
Phone: 510-643-9983
Fax: 510-643-9685

UCB Department of Nuclear Engineering
4107 Etcheverry Hall
MC 1730
Berkeley, CA 94720-1730

B.Sc. Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, Technion, Israel, 1961
M.Sc. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Technion, Israel, 1963
Ph.D. Nuclear Science and Engineering, Cornell University, 1966

Nuclear reactor theory, design and analysis.

Generation IV reactors - conception and analysis of advanced nuclear reactors; Transmutation - minimization of nuclear waste as well as the disposition of nuclear waste and the closing of the nuclear fuel cycle; Advanced fuel cycles for improving proliferation resistance and nuclear fuel utilization; as well as development of automated nuclear design optimization methods and their application in the areas of criticality safety, boron neutron capture therapy, radiation shields, and fusion energy systems.

Nuclear Battery Type Reactors for Proliferation-Resistant, Safe and Secure Energy for Developing Countries and Remote Sites
High Temperature Reactors for High Efficiency and for Hydrogen Production
Improving the Performance of Light Water Reactors Using Hydride Fuel
Transmutation of Nuclear Waste
Highly Compact Fission-Multiplied Accelerator Neutron Source for Medical and Industrial Applications
Nuclear Design Optimization Methods Development and Application

S.G. Hong, E. Greenspan and Y.I. Kim, “The Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source (ENHS) Reactor Core Design,” Nuclear Technology, 149, 22 – 48, January 2005

M. Fratoni and E. Greenspan, “Transmutation Capability of Molten Salt Reactors Fed with TRU from LWR,” Proc. Third Workshop on Advanced Reactors With Innovative Fuels - ARWIF-2005, Oak Ridge, TN, February 16-18, 2005

E. Greenspan, P. Hejzlar, H. Sekimoto, G. Toshinsky and D. Wade, "New Fuel Cycle and Fuel Management Options in Heavy Liquid Metal Cooled Reactors," Nuclear Technology, 151, 177-191, August 2005

F. Ganda and E. Greenspan, “Plutonium Incineration Capability of Hydride Versus MOX Fuel in PWR“ Proceedings of GLOBAL’05, Tsukuba, Japan, October 9-13, 2005

M. Fratoni and E. Greenspan, “Optimal Hydride Fueled BWR Assembly Designs,” Advances in Nuclear Analysis and Simulation, PHYSOR 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 10 - 14, 2006

E. Greenspan, S.G. Hong, L. Monti, T. Okawa, M. Sumino and A. Susplugas, “Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source Reactors for Energy Security,” 15th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference, Sydney, Australia, October 15-20, 2006

“Use of Solid Hydride for Improved Long-Life LWR Core Designs”, Funded by the DOE NERI Program from 9/02 to 9/05.

“Encapsulated Nuclear Heat Source Related Research”, Funded by Argonne National Laboratory from 7/03 through 5/04.

“UCB Support of the SSTAR Program”, To be funded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 8/03 through 8/05.

“Accelerator-Driven Transmutation of Waste Reactor” (with Profs. Ahn and Peterson). Funded by Los Alamos National Laboratory from 4/99 through 12/03. Extension to 6/04 is expected.

“JIMO Project Related Research at UCB”, Funded by Lockheed Martin from 8/03 through 6/04.

“Highly Compact Accelerator-Driven Subcritical Assembly for Medical and Industrial Applications” (with Profs. Vujic, Kastenberg and Leung). Funded by the DOE NEER Program from 6/03 to 6/06.

“Development of the SWAN-SCALE Code for keff Maximization and Critical Mass Minimization” Funded by Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1/98 to 12/03. Extension to 12/04 is expected.