2009 Seminars

Nonproliferation 2009

November 30, 2009
Jan Uhlír, Nuclear Research Institute Rež plc
Title: "CURRENT STATUS OF CZECH R&D PROGRAM ON MSR TECHNOLOGY AND PYROCHEMICAL PARTITIONING "

November 18, 2009
Bob Wham at Purdue University
Title: " Overview of Nuclear Science and Technology R&D at ORNL"

November 12, 2009
Cecil Parks at North Carolina State University
Title: " Overview of Nuclear Science and Technology R&D at ORNL"

October 29, 2009
Prof. M. Avramova and Prof. K. Ivanov, The Pennsylvania State University
Title: " Improved COBRA-TF Based Stand-alone and Multi-Physics LWR Core Analysis"

October 1, 2009
Douglas Peplow at Georgia Tech
Title: " Advanced Variance Reduction Methods and Their Implementation"

September 21, 2009
Barry Lee, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Title: "Multigrid for Sn Discretizations of the Boltzmann Transport Equation "

August 17, 2009
Jesse Cheatham, University of Michigan
Title: "Radiative Transfer with Monte Carlo Predictor-Corrector Methods "

August 3, 2009
Melaku Habte, Pennsylvanai State University
Title: "Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon Cooling System for Proposed Cold Neutron Source Moderator of Research Reactor at Penn State "

August 3, 2009
Kent Williams
Title: " Reactor and Fuel Cycle Economics - Can Nuclear Power Compete?"

July 30, 2009
Julie Ezold and Scott Aaaron
Title: " Scott Aaron - Isotope Development"
Title: "Julie Ezold - Radioisotopes at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center"

July 28, 2009
Emily Rena Wolters, University of Michigan
Title: " A Hybrid Monte Carlo S2 Method for Preserving Neutron Transport Effect"

July 23, 2009
Michael Rosenthal, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Title: " How IAEA Inspectors became Detectives"

July 20, 2009
Ed Larsen, University of Michigan
Title: " Anisotropic Neutron Diffusion in Systems with Voids"

July 16, 2009
Brian Cowell
Title: " Nuclear Fuel - Is There Anything New Under the Sun?"

July 13, 2009
Hany S. Abdel-Khalik, North Carolina State University
Title: " Sensitivity, Uncertainty, and Adaptive Simulation Methodologies for Large-Scale Computational Models"

July 9, 2009
Wayne Newhauser, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Title: "Proton Radiation for the Treatment of Cancer"

June 24, 2009
Scott Palmtag,Global Nuclear Fuel
Title: " Nuclear Methods Development at GNF"

June 18, 2009
Todd Urbatsch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Title: "Jayenne Implicit Monte Carlo Project: Toward Stability, Robustness, Accuracy, Scalability—All Those Good Things"

June 18, 2009
Brad Patton
Title: "The ORNL Nuclear Forensics Program"

June 11, 2009
Deokjung Lee, Studsvik Scandpower
Title: "The Impact of 238U Resonance Elastic Scattering Approximations on Thermal Reactor Doppler Reactivity"

June 11, 2009
Jonathan Kulisek, Ohio State University
Title: "The Design and Analysis of an Active Compton Suppressed LaBr3(Ce) Detector System for TRU Assay in Remote-Handled Wastes"

May 26, 2009
Jonathan Chavers, University of Tennessee
Title: "Validation Efforts TRITON to NESTLE Integration "

April 6, 2009
Bob Grove, KAPL
Title: "Surface Mesh Refinement with the Slice Balance Approach "

April 6, 2009
Bojan Petrovic, Georgia Tech
Title: "Monte Carlo Methods for Efficient Reactor Analysis "

April 15, 2009
Bob Wham at Purdue
Title: "Nuclear Fuel Cycle"

March 27, 2009
Douglas Peplow at University of Michigan
Title: "Advanced Variance Reduction Methods and Their Implementation in SCALE"

March 23, 2009
Bob Wham at Texas A&M
Title: "Nuclear Fuel Cycle"

March 23, 2009
Benoit Forget, MIT
Title: "Spectral Optimization for Nuclear Fuel Transmutation"

March 18, 2009
Robert Collins, Sandia National Laboratory
Title: "Electrohydrodynamic Tip Streaming and Emission of Charged Drops from Liquid Cones"

March 2, 2009
Jeremy Conlin, University of Michigan
Title: "Arnoldi's Method for Monte Carlo Criticality Calculations"

February 27, 2009
Mark Pierson, Virginia Tech
Title: "GEM*ART: Green Energy-Multiplier*Alternative Reactor Technology - An ADNA Corporation Project"

February 26, 2009
Tom Evans at North Carolina State
Title: "HPC Development and Research in Radiation Transport: Methods, Algorithms, and Code"

February 23, 2009
Kevin Clarno at Texas A&M
Title: "Multi-Physics and Numerical Complexities of Nuclear Reactor Simulation"

February 17, 2009
Bob Wham at Georgia Tech
Title: "Nuclear Fuel Cycle"

February 13, 2009
Greg Walker, Vanderbilt University
Title: "Radiation in Microelectronics and the Missing Model"

February 12, 2009
Cecil Parks at Georgia Tech
Title: "Overview of SCALE"

February 10, 2009
Igor Jovanovic, Purdue University
Title: "Nuclear Detection and Nonproliferation Research at Purdue University"

February 6, 2009
Rose Boll at Tennessee Technological University
Title: "Production of Ac-225 for Alpha Particle Radioimmunotherapy"

February 4, 2009
Bill Martin, University of Michigan
Title: "Monte Carlo Methods Development and Related Research at the University of Michigan"

February 3, 2009
Kenneth Primrose, Managing Director, Industrial Tomography Systems, Manchester, England
Title: "Introduction to principles and applications of electrical process tomography in nuclear waste management and related processes"

January 26, 2009
Man-Sung Yim, North Carolina State University
Title: "Use of Quantitative Methods to Support Nuclear Nonproliferation"

January 22, 2009
Leonel Lagos, Florida International University
Title: "Development of a Minority Scientist and Engineering Student "Pipeline" to Enter DOE's Workforce"

January 22, 2009
Bob Jubin at North Carolina State University
Title: "Advanced Fuel Cycle Initiatives (AFCI) Separation Activities "

January 7, 2009
Robin Gardner, North Carolina State University
Title: "Homeland Security and Associated Activities in the Center for Engineering Applications of Radioisotopes"