Workshops and Forums

Given the remarkable advances in radiation detection and measurements achieved recently for a broad range of applications, this summer school aims at illustrating these advances and their impact as well as their drivers for these applications. It combines lectures from experts in their respective fields and tours of near-by facilities. This lecture series is initially set up as workshop with the focus on graduate students having some basic knowledge and experience in radiation detection. However, it is open to undergraduate students interested in this field as well. To reflect the international character students from Japan and the U.S. as well as elsewhere are invited. It is envisioned to convert this workshop into a summer course within the Departments of Nuclear Engineering of Univ. Tokyo and UC Berkeley.

The summer school is jointly hosted by the Nuclear Engineering Department of UC Berkeley the Nuclear Engineering Department of Univ. Tokyo and sponsored by the Global-Center-of-Excellence of Univ. Tokyo.

Thursday, June 12 – Friday, June 13, 2008
Berkeley, CA

The Forum’s purpose was to identify opportunities for the development, deployment and life cycle use of nuclear energy / nuclear technology that better meets societal goals for safety, security, sustainability, environmental protection and economics.

Recognizing the global issues of sustainability, safety and security, and the need to develop integrated and global nuclear power systems, this year’s Forum included participation from China, India, Japan and Korea as well as representation of the International Atomic Energy Agency.