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NEUP 2017 R&D Award

Fuel Cycle Research and Development:

Methods for Process Monitoring to Accurately Detect and Quantify Material Holdup in Advanced Recycle Facilities- PI: Rachel Slaybaugh, University of California, Berkeley Co-PIs: Per Peterson, Kai Vetter, and Karl van Bibber Estimated funding: 800,000

Reactor Concepts Research Development and Demonstration (RCRD&D):

Nuclear Materials Graduate Student, David Frazer has been awarded 1st place in the DOE Innovations in Nuclear Techology R&D Competition.  He will present his paper, "Degradation of HT9 under simultaneous ion beam irradiation and liquid metal corrosion" at the ANS Winter Meeting this October is Washington, DC.

A delegation of UC Berkeley Nuclear Engineering students attended the 2017 ANS Student Conference,"Dispelling Nuclear Myths" in Pittsurgh, Pennsylvania April 6-9, 2017.

Congratulations to Isaac C. Meyer​, Todd J. Urbatsch, John M Scott for winning Best Podium Presentation in the Fusion Energy Category.  Their presentation was entitled, " Simulation of Hohlraum Wall Texture for Improved Performance in Hohlraums"

In an interview on Medium, Department of Nuclear Engineering M.Eng. alumnus Kaleb Hatfield discusses the future of fusion energy, nuclear energy as clean energy,  and his work as a Nuclear Engineering at Tri Alpha Energy.