BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230502T165329Z UID:59C19C7D-DEF7-49C6-A78A-3C9E2853DA5E DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230426T190000 DESCRIPTION:Nuclear has been in the news even more than usual over the past few years. There are over 70 advanced nuclear projects in North America\, covering 10 different new designs and types. China is committed to massiv e nuclear expansion (150 GW in 15 years). Diablo Canyon just received $1.1 B in credits from the DOE to extend operations. 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Gallup reports that 51% of Am ericans are in favor of nuclear power\, up from 44%. Because nuclear is in creasingly pervasive in our daily discourse\, it is ever more important th at we\, from the general public to policymakers to scientists and engineer s of all fields\, be as well versed in nuclear physics\, power and policy as in any other societal-level scientific issue.\n\nIn this talk\, Prof. S hort will cover some of the most basic topics in nuclear energy - physics\ , power\, and proliferation - and debunk a few pervasive myths using funda mental materials from MIT's 22.01 course (Introduction to Nuclear Physics and Energy). He will then explore some of the most exciting nuclear develo pments from the past few years\, from the progress and prospects of fusion power in the next two decades to why the recent net fusion energy result is so important. We will even touch upon very limited ways of modifying fu ndamental physical constants such as half-lives... only in the most specif ic of situations of course.\n\nCo-sponsored by: MITCNC (MIT Alumni of N C alif)\n\nSpeaker(s): Michael Short\, \n\nAgenda: \nwebinar\n\nVirtual: htt ps://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/354515 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/354515 ORGANIZER:pawlan@ieee.org SEQUENCE:6 SUMMARY:Debunking the Myths of Nuclear Fission URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/354515 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Nuclear has been in the news even more tha n usual over the past few years. There are over 70 advanced nuclear projec ts in North America\, covering 10 different new designs and types. China i s committed to massive nuclear expansion (150 GW in 15 years). Diablo Cany on just received $1.1B in credits from the DOE to extend operations. 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Because&nbsp\;n uclear is increasingly pervasive in our daily discourse\, it is ever more important that we\, from the general public to policymakers to scientists and engineers of all fields\, be as well versed in nuclear physics\, power and policy as in any other societal-level scientific issue.</p>\n<p>In th is talk\, Prof. Short will cover some of the most basic topics in nuclear energy - physics\, power\, and proliferation - and debunk a few pervasive myths using fundamental materials from MIT's 22.01 course (Introduction to Nuclear Physics and Energy). He will then explore some of the most exciti ng nuclear developments from the past few years\, from the progress and pr ospects of fusion power in the next two decades to why the recent net fusi on energy result is so important. We will even touch upon very limited way s of modifying fundamental physical constants such as half-lives... only i n the most specific of situations of course.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /> <p>webinar</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR