Seminar/Panel Discussion on Japan Accident at RPI

["Jeanne J. Denue" <denuej@rpi.edu> (by way of George Xu <xug2@rpi.edu>)]

Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180

Departmental Seminar

"Nuclear Criticality and the
Recent Japanese Accident"

It is reported in the newspapers that a nuclear criticality accident
occurred in Japan at 10:35 a.m. on 30 September 1999.  Two workers were
feeding fuel into processing equipment when it is believed that nuclear
criticality was reached.  Although the full details of the accident are not
known yet, this accident will be discussed together with nuclear criticality
accidents reported in the past.  Both the health physics and the reactor
physics aspects will be discussed.

Friday, October 22
3:00pm       JEC 3117

Chaired by:  Dr. Nicholas L. Clesceri
             Professor & Program Director for Environmental Engineering

Speakers:    Dr. Robert Ryan, Emeritus Associate Professor of Nuclear
Engineering and Health Physics
             Dr. Norm Francis, Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering
             Dr. Donald R. Harris, Director, RPI Critical Facility, and
Professor of Nuclear Engineering

Refreshments will be served
	

		Jeanne J. Denue
		Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering
		5049 JEC
		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
		110 8th St. 
		Troy, NY 12180-3590
		Phone:  (518) 276-6110
		FAX:	(518) 276-3055
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