22.812/ESD.163  Managing Nuclear Technology

Memos, new materials and an update to the schedule

Hi everyone

This is to alert you to the following :

(1) Memos
Comments on memos have been added to the Stellar site and the dropbox.
In the future memos will be due at 5pm on Friday. There was some confusion this time about whether memos had been uploaded to Stellar on time. To avoid this, please add a final copy of each memo to the dropbox folder 'Final memos'. The memo assignments posted on Stellar which will get added to the Stellar class schedule will only serve to alert to you as to when the memos are due. Comments on memos will be added both to Stellar and the dropbox.

(2) Coordination meeting slides
Similarly, please add the slides for your coordination meeting presentations before class to the Coordination Meeting slides folder also on the dropbox.

(3) Update to the schedule
Ethan Bates will present to the class on the technical aspects of deep boreholes during class on March 5th.

(4) New materials
The following materials have been added to the Stellar site:
- DOE Analysis of the Total System Life Cycle Cost of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program (2007) (This is the document that Prof.Lester refers to in his comments on the memos and which he recommended as a resource during the coordination meeting on Thursday)
- Dr.Forsberg's slides on Waste classification (slides from 22.78, Spring'13)

Apologies for any confusion caused by the multiple platforms. But I think we are closer to standardizing use of these online resources.

Cheers,
Aditi

Announced on 25 February 2013  11:52  a.m. by Aditi Verma

Seminar: Richard Meserve on "The Future of Nuclear Power" - Tuesday 2/12, 4:15pm , 66-110

Class,

Richard Meserve, President of the Carnegie Institution for Science and former Chairman of the NRC, is giving a seminar on the Future of Nuclear Power next Tuesday. This may be of interest to you and is also likely to be useful for discussions in class. Please see below for details.

The Future of Nuclear Power
Richard Meserve
President
Carnegie Institution for Science

Tuesday, February 12

4:15 PM

Room 66-110
MIT Campus

Abstract
The prospects for nuclear power vary widely from country to country as a result of many factors, ranging from the costs of alternatives, the response to the Fukushima accident, differing approaches to energy security, concerns about nuclear waste, and other factors. These changes in the coming years will dramatically affect progress on matters relating to safety, security and safeguards. The talk will explore the changing role of nuclear power around the globe and its implications.

About the Speaker
Dr. Richard A. Meserve is the President of the Carnegie Institution for Science. He previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) under Presidents Clinton and Bush. Meserve was a partner of Covington & Burling LLP and he now serves as Senior of Counsel to the firm on a part-time basis. Early in his career, he was legal counsel to the President’s science adviser and a law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the United States Supreme Court. He received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1966, a law degree from Harvard in 1975, and a PhD in applied physics from Stanford in 1976. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He served on the Blue-Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future established by DOE Secretary Chu at the direction of the President. He also currently serves as President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and Chairman of the International Nuclear Safety Group, which is chartered by the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Announced on 06 February 2013  12:53  p.m. by Aditi Verma

Readings for Thursday + Signing up for Piazza and Dropbox

Class,

Readings for Thursday are on Stellar. There is also a section on "International Waste Programs" which you can look at to see how the nuclear waste management problem has been dealt with in other countries.

I have added everyone who is registered for the class to the 22.812 Piazza page and Dropbox folder.
Please sign up for both using the links you have received by email. If you aren't registered yet but plan on taking the class, let me know and I will add you to both of those. Also, please read the document titled "Use of online resources" for detail on how we intend to use Piazza and Dropbox.

Aditi

Announced on 05 February 2013  4:53  p.m. by Aditi Verma