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Lester to head nuclear science and engineering

Professor Richard Lester has been named the next head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, effective Sept. 1, 2009, Dean of Engineering Subra Suresh announced this week. June 19, 2009

Thomas Lyons, longtime LNS employee, 70

Thomas F. Lyons, a longtime employee of the MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science (LNS), died on Sunday, May 3, in Flagler Beach, Fla. He was 70. June 19, 2009

Nuclear Science & Engineering awards

Awards given in MIT Nuclear Science & Engineering for the academic year 2008-2009. June 3, 2009

Waste, or energy resource?

A panel of nuclear power experts met on Monday at MIT to discuss how to address nuclear waste recycling or disposal, which many analysts consider the biggest obstacle to building a new generation of nuclear power plants across America. May 19, 2009

3 Questions: Kosta Tsipis on nuclear proliferation

In this installment of "3 Questions" Kosta Tsipis, former director of MIT's Program in Science and Technology for International Security, discusses the threats posed by nuclear proliferation. February 3, 2009

Gordon L. Brownell, Professor emeritus, 86

Nuclear Science and Engineering Professor Emeritus Gordon L. Brownell PhD '50, a widely respected physicist and innovator, died at his home Tuesday, Nov. 11, following a long illness. He was 86. November 18, 2008

High-power computer cluster to sift through LHC data

A new computer cluster housed at the Bates Linear Accelerator Center will allow MIT researchers to process the vast amount of data that will be generated once the Large Hadron Collider starts operating again next spring. October 14, 2008

Report debunks China energy myth

A detailed analysis of powerplants in China by MIT researchers debunks the widespread notion that outmoded energy technology or the utter absence of government regulation is to blame for that country's notorious air-pollution problems. October 6, 2008

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