2021-RD-Michael-Short

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  Nuclear power is an indispendable part of the zero-carbon energy mix more so every day as we inch towards the 1.5C limitation on average global warming. However, nuclear power comes with three elephants in the room: Accidents, waste, and proliferation. In this seminar we will discuss two of these, with the goal of showing how nuclear's very few accidents and incidents, despite their large scale, have led to better reactor designs and research to make them safer. First, the root causes of the Chernobyl accident will be explained, and how it has led to vast changes in both core design and safety culture. Second, I will present our group's new research on physical enrichment forensics to help verify non-proliferation treaties, to stop the spread of weapons-grade uranium.

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