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WFU Physics Colloquium

TITLE: The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership and Generation IV Reactors

SPEAKER: Professor Paul J. Turinsky ,

Department of Nuclear Engineering,
North Carolina State University

TIME: Thursday Feb. 14, 2008 at 4:00 PM ^*

PLACE: George P. Williams, Jr. Lecture Hall, (Olin 101)
^*Originally scheduled for Jan. 17th.

Refreshments will be served at 3:30 PM in the lounge. All interested persons are cordially invited to attend.

ABSTRACT

The Department of Energy, in collaboration with other nations with significant investments in nuclear energy for electrical energy generation, has undertaken the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). This is an out growth of the Advanced Fuel Cycles Imitative (AFCI) and the Generation IV advanced reactor development program. GNEP supports the closure of the nuclear fuel cycle via reprocessing/separation and recycle in Advanced Recycle Reactors. Objectives include maximizing energy extraction from mined uranium ore, minimization of waste products requiring disposition in a repository, enhanced proliferation resistance, and viable economics. The seminar will describe the progress made to date and plans for GNEP, with a focus on the nuclear reactor technology being developed.

100 Olin Physical Laboratory
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7507
Phone: (336) 758-5337, FAX: (336) 758-6142
E-mail: wfuphys@wfu.edu