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Nuclear energy is essential to meet the world’s growing demand for energy while limiting climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nuclear energy is extremely reliable, and it can be deployed on large or small scales to supply the world with clean, affordable electricity. However, like all energy sources, nuclear power produces some waste that must be disposed of properly. In this talk I discuss why nuclear is a clean option for energy production, examine the nuclear fuel waste produced by commercial power production, discuss the options related to used fuel management, and take a look at what other countries are doing to manage their used nuclear fuel.

Igor Bolotnov of North Carolina State University presents, "High resolution simulations of two-phase reactor-relevant flows."

David Freeman from Oak Ridge National Laboratory presents, "Generation and Use of Spallation Neutrons" on Monday, September 26 at 9:00 am.

Paul Bellon presents, "Self-organized alloy microstructures for extreme environments," Dec 2, 2022 at 10:10 AM.

Neutron diffusion theory has been an essential part of nuclear engineering training for decades. It provides reactor analysts with a straightforward way to estimate neutron distributions and evaluate the neutronic behavior of reactor cores. The interview seminar will begin with a brief derivation of the one-speed neutron diffusion equation and will briefly touch upon a couple of the projects Dr. Patel has been involved with. Conclusion will include discussion on teaching philosophy and interests.

At Los Alamos National Laboratory, a research program has been developed focusing on the study of chemical and thermophysical properties of actinide-molten salt systems. Currently ongoing work includes research on a range of length scales in these systems, from local structure to macroscale properties. The salt systems focused upon thus far are molten alkali and alkaline earth metal chlorides containing uranium and thorium chlorides; work later this calendar year will include plutonium chloride, and planning is underway to expand our sample range to include fluoride salts, and systems containing beryllium. In this seminar, this LANL actinide-molten salt research program will be described, including some of our most recent results and highlighting two of our more mature experimental capabilities: our use of neutron radiography to measure the density of actinide-molten salts at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and our electroanalytical capability to study corrosion and speciation in actinide-molten salts.

Relevance and Determination of the critical Hydrogen in High Strength Steel and Welding Application

"Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Plasma Engineering for Advancing Molten Salt Reactors" with Alex Bataller

Turn the Power Up for Nuclear Systems

Idaho National Lab (INL) is leveraging its 70-year history in innovative nuclear research to forge a path to net-zero carbon emissions. Net-Zero Program Director, Jhansi Kandasamy, will present a talk titled “Net-Zero INL: Leading by Example to Change the World’s Energy Future.”

"Framatome PROtect ATF solutions: Cr-coated M5Framatome and SiC cladding design" with Matthieu Aumand.

Machine learning on neutron, X-ray, and electron radiation probes for materials research

Olivier Tissot presents, "The importance of nano-characterization in the radiation induced segregation (RIS) phenomena in ferritic model alloys."

Performance assessment of Cr-coated Accident Tolerant Fuel (ATF) cladding: status, implications, and remaining challenges

Innovations in Surgery Using Soft & Continuum Robots with Tayfun Efe Ertop, Vanderbilt University

This lecture will present an introduction to the theory and application of laminar boundary layers.

Mechatronics Systems Seminar

Serife Tol, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, presents, "Reconfigurable Elastic Metasurfaces for Anomalous Wavefront Shaping."

This presentation will provide an overview of the design, operation, performance analysis, and experimental results of the novel NXCT system, including the future vision of nuclear and radiological engineering utilizing advanced research and teaching infrastructure in academics and research environments. The second part of the talk will briefly describe various research projects performed by the presenter and the associated research group.

The standardization of parts is a fundamental aspect of Design for Manufacturing (DFM), which can simplify product development efforts, lower the cost of parts and materials, simplify supply chain management, improve quality, improve serviceability, and support lean production. In product development, the part standardization presents the greatest opportunities for new design and significant cost reduction. Various product development projects from industries related to the standardization of parts and the standardization strategy will be presented.

"Toward Fluent Collaboration in Human-Robot Teams," with Tariq Iqbal, University of Virginia.

We look into methodology development based on neutron scattering techniques to “visualize” the complex phenomena. This visualization must integrate scattering experimental analysis, simulation, and theory to provide real space images of such phenomena. And their use in understanding energy systems, medical materials/imaging, and engineering processes is highly promising. Exploratory neutron scattering methodology development for molten salts as energy storage medium will be discussed in the presentation.

Shanbin Shi presents,"Multiphase Flow Experiments and Modeling on Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems."

Jovica Riznic presents, "Nuclear Power in Canada," March 17 at 10:10 am.

Phanindra Tallapragada presents, "Internal Actuation and Passive Degrees of Freedom for Unconventional Mobility and Sensing in Bioinspired Swimming," March 24th at 1 pm.

R. Bruce Vogelaar, Virginia Tech Professor of Physics, will present, "Reducing global warming: unblocking a nuclear energy solution," on Friday, September 30, 2022 at 10:10 am.