13 April 2017

Please join us for a happy hour at the Fox and Hound at 5:00 P.M.

 

DATE CHANGE

2 March 2017

PRESENTATION:  Journey’s Through the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:

Richard Hirsch has 36 years in the Engineering, Procurement and Construction industry with a majority of time in the nuclear power and radiological sectors. He started his nuclear construction management career on two new build power plant projects in Louisiana, followed by construction, field, and design engineering roles on new builds in Pennsylvania, Texas, and Tennessee.  He has also managed modification projects and maintenance services on numerous operating plants in the US and the UK and spent two years managing construction programs for site remediation and closure at the US DOE Fernald Closure Project in Ohio – a former uranium materials processing site.  Rich has been involved with construction project planning for Generation III reactor projects including supporting an ongoing design and construction project in Taiwan.  He is currently managing a Government funded defense threat reduction project for consolidating and safeguarding spent radioactive sources in Ukraine at a new secure long term storage facility inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.  Rich is focused upon industry being a champion of nuclear industry careers and nuclear power new build and plant operations.

19 January 2017

 

 

 

PRESENTATION:  How To Improve a Plant’s Human Performance

SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:

Matt Sunseri is an independent nuclear industry consultant with more than 35 years of experience in the safe operation of large commercial reactors. Prior to starting his own executive consulting practice, he was president and chief executive officer of Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation. Sunseri has a wide range of experience in the operation, maintenance, engineering, oversight and security of the nation’s commercial nuclear power fleet. He started his career as a nuclear engineer assigned to the construction, licensing, startup and operation of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant.

14 November 2016

Come with us to tour the Kansas State University research reactor in Manhattan, KS.

8 September 2016

PRESENTATION:  The Nuclear Bootcamp Experience

SPEAKERS BACKGROUND:

Andrea Saltos is a PhD student at University of Missouri in Nuclear Engineering. She has a B.S. in Physics and a M.S in Nuclear Engineering. She has experience in radiation detection and computational chemistry. She is currently studying U10Mo fuel.

Modeste Tchakoua is a Nuclear Engineering PhD Candidate at the Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri, Columbia. His research interests include radiation detection and measurement, radiation damage, radiation shielding, nuclear production from condense matter systems, nuclear batteries, non-proliferation issues, and nuclear safeguard and security. He is a co-author of the book Nuclear Batteries and Radioisotopes. Modeste Tchakoua is a Fulbright alumnus, member of the American Nuclear Society, and member of the Health Physics Society. He graduated with a Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri, and Bachelors in Physics with a computer science minor from the University of Buea, Cameroon.

11 May 2016

PRESENTATION:  Nuclear Medical Imaging – A Primer

SPEAKER BACKGROUND:

Dr. Hale has a Ph.D in Nuclear Astrophysics from University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, spent over 10 years supporting computer chip design software, and, more recently, has over 6 years of experience as a diagnostic medical physicist.  Dr. Hale’s current concentration is in providing medical physics services across all imaging modalities, including radiography, fluoroscopy, mammography, MRI, and nuclear medicine.

 

25 February 2016

PRESENTATION:  Hybrid Power Technologies Advanced Reactor Concept

SPEAKER BACKGROUND:

Mr. Keller is a 40 year veteran of the power industry with extensive and wide-ranging management, business, operations, design, engineering and technical expertise. This in-depth and world-wide experience has been acquired while working for utilities, plant designers, construction companies and equipment manufacturers. Extensive “hands-on” experience with a wide range of generating stations, including combined-cycle power plants (oil, gas, propane and liquefied natural gas fired), simple-cycle gas turbines, nuclear and coal power plants as well as steam-methane reformer hydrogen plants

23 September 2015

PRESENTATION:  The Missouri University Research Reactor: Specifications and Capabilities

SPEAKER BACKGROUND:

Dr. William H. Miller is Professor Emeritus in the Nuclear Engineering Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he has taught graduate nuclear engineering for 39 years. He is the author of over 125 technical papers and has made over 1000 presentations to the public on issues concerning energy, the environment, radiation and nuclear power.  He is a registered Professional Engineering in the State of Missouri and a Certified Health Physicist.  His Ph.D. was in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia.  He is currently a Research Scientist at the Missouri University Research Reactor.