ANS Seminar Series

Seminar Information

ANS Seminars are usually held on Monday afternoons, 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm. Light snacks and drinks are provided starting at 3:15. These seminars are open to the public; anyone who is interested is invited to attend.

Seminar speakers are invited by the MIT ANS Co-presidents. If you are interested in speaking, or have a speaker suggestion, please email the MIT ANS officers.


Spring 2008 Presentations


All Spring 2008 Seminars are from 3:30 to 5:00pm (refreshments are served at 3:15).


Monday, February 11, 2008 in 24-115

J.A. Grobe
Associate Director
Engineering and Safety Systems
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Engineering Challenges in U.S. Nuclear Reactor Safety


Wednesday, February 13, 2007 in 24-115

H. Yonemura
Vice President and General Manager
Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.
and
J. Tuohy
Director
Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd.

Challenges Associated with New Plant Design and Construction


Friday, February 15, 2008 in 24-115

D. Hill
Deputy Laboratory Director for Science & Technology
Idaho National Laboratory

INL – the Nation's National Nuclear Laboratory


Monday, February 25, 2008 in 24-115

D. Lochbaum
Director
Nuclear Safety Project
Union of Concerned Scientists

The Future of Nuclear Power: Renewal or Re-run?


Monday, March 3, 2008 in 24-115

N. Miller
Director
Office of Budget
U.S. Department of Energy

Tales from the Sausage Factory: How the Federal Government Gets a Budget


Monday, March 17, 2008 in 24-115

R. Mayo
R&D Program Manager
Office of Nonproliferation
National Nuclear Security Administration
U.S. Department of Energy

Radiation Detection for National Security Applications


Monday, March 31, 2008 in 24-115

I. Anderson
Associate Laboratory Director for Neutron Sciences
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Present Status and Future of the Spallation Neutron Source


Fall 2007 Presentations


All Fall 2007 Seminars are from 3:30 to 5:00pm (refreshments are served at 3:15).


Monday, September 17, 2007 in 24-115

R. Rydin
Consultant to the U.S. Army

Lecture on Applications of the Monte Carlo Adjoint Shielding Methodology


Wednesday, September 19, 2007 in 24-402

R.W. Borchardt
Director of the Office of New Reactors
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Recent Developments in the NRC Office of New Reactors


Tuesday, September 25, 2007 in NW14-1112

R.W. Grimes
Professor
Imperial College London

Radiation Damage in Inert Matrix Fuels for Actinide Disposition


Monday, October 1, 2007 in 24-115

S. Herron
Schlumberger-Doll Research

Downhole Gamma Ray Spectroscopy Measurements and their Applications in Evaluating the Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of Subsurface Formations


Thursday, October 4, 2007 in NW14-1112

J. Lewins
Magdalene College

Reactor Physics at MIT: A Personal Story


Wednesday, October 10, 2007 in 24-402

E. Lehmann
Neutron Imaging & Activation Group
Spallation Neutron Source Division
Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

Neutron Imaging Methods as Advanced Tools in Material Research and Non-Destructive Testing


Monday, October 22, 2007 in 24-115

Luc Van Den Durpel
Argonne National Laboratory

Current Developments with the DANESS Fuel Cycle Code


Monday, November 5, 2007 in 32-141

T. Christopher
President and Chief Executive Officer
AREVA NP Inc.
and
Chief Executive Officer
AREVA Inc.

The U.S. Energy Crisis and the Role of New Nuclear Plants


Monday, November 19, 2007 in 32-141

A. Candris
Senior Vice President
Nuclear Fuel Business Unit
Westinghouse Electric Company

The Nuclear Renaissance Is Here!


Monday, November 26, 2007

V. Bhatt
Nuclear Science & Technology
Brookhaven National Laboratory

Forecasting the Future Growth of Nuclear Energy Demand


Monday, December 3, 2007 in 24-115

F.L. 'Skip' Bowman
Admiral (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Nuclear Energy Institute

How to Communicate the Nuclear Message to the Public


Monday, December 10, 2007 in 24-115

P.B. Lyons
Commissioner
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

New Reactor Applications at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission


Spring 2007 Presentations

Information on the speakers and dates for Spring 2007 ANS Seminars will be posted here when they become available.


Monday, March 12, 2007

J. Turnage
Senior Vice President, Business Development
Constellation Energy

A Strategic Analysis of the Investment Opportunity for Advanced Nuclear Generation


Monday, March 19, 2007

B. Middleton
Senior Member, Technical Research Staff
Department of Risk and Reliability Assessment
Sandia National Laboratory

Use of Bayesian Techniques for Safety Analysis of the Mars Science Laboratory


Monday, April 2, 2007

P. Finck
Associate Lab Director for Nuclear Programs
Idaho National Laboratory

The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)


Monday, April 9, 2007

D. Whyte
Associate Professor
Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Challenges of Plasma-Surface Interactions in Magnetic Fusion


Wednesday, April 11, 2007

K. Donald
Admiral
Director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Engineering National Security


Monday, April 23, 2007 in 4-270

E. Sproat
Director
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
Department of Energy

An Update on Yucca Mountain


Monday, April 30, 2007 in 6-120

D. Klein
Chairman
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Status and Challenges of Licensing New Reactors in the US


Monday, May 7, 2007 in 24-115

M. van der Helm
Manager – South Origination
Power Team
Exelon

Recent Developments in Electricity Markets
that Affect New Build Decisions for Nuclear


Monday, May 14, 2007

R. Wright
Materials Science
Department Manager
Idaho National Laboratory

Materials Engineering Issues Associated
with the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP)


Fall 2006 Presentations


Monday, September 11, 2006

A.S. Hanson
Executive Vice President
Technology and Used Fuel Management
AREVA NC Inc.

Used Nuclear Fuel-- What Will We Do With It?


Monday, October 2, 2006

T. Postol
Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Science and Technology of the US National Missile Defense System


Monday, October 16, 2006

T.M. Sutton
Nuclear Methods and Computation
Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory

The Probability Table Method for Treating Unresolved Resonances
in Monte Carlo Transport


Monday, November 13, 2006

B. Roscoe
Scientific Advisor & Nuclear Program Manager
Schlumberger-Doll Research

Nuclear Applications in the Oil Industry


Monday, November 20, 2006

D.L. Williams
Martin Luther King Visiting Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Proliferation Aspects of Plutonium Production in Nuclear Reactors


Spring 2006 Presentations


Wednesday, February 22, 2006

L.K. Mansur
Distinguished Research Staff
Metals and Ceramics Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Materials Issues in High Power Accelerators
and Comparisons to Fission and Fusion Reactors


Monday, February 27, 2006

D.G. Cory
Professor of Nuclear Science & Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Neutron Interferometry and Quantum Information Processing


Wednesday, March 15, 2006

D.F. Williams
Advanced Fuels and Coolants
Nuclear Science and Technology Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Going Beyond UO2 Fuel


Wednesday, April 12, 2006

M.V. McMahon
Key Account Manager
AREVA NP

U.S. New Nuclear Plant Build Initiative:
AREVA, UniStar Nuclear, and the U.S. EPR


Wednesday, April 19, 2006

S. Ray
Director PWR Product Technologies
Westinghouse Nuclear

U.S. New Nuclear Plant Initiative: Westinghouse, and the AP 1000


Wednesday, April 26, 2006

D. A. Petti
Engineering Fellow
Idaho National Laboratory

An Update on the DOE Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Development and Qualification Program


Monday, May 1, 2006

V. H. Reis
Senior Advisor
Office of the Secretary of Energy
Department of Energy

The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and the Future of Nuclear Power


Fall 2005 Presentations


Monday, October 3, 2005

J.R. Gilleland
Chief Executive Officer
Archimedes Technology Group

Development of Innovative Technology for the Separation of Waste Constitutes using Plasma Based Techniques


Monday, October 17, 2005

A.C. White
President and Chief Executive Officer
General Electric
Nuclear Energy Operations

The Future of GE Nuclear