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Join for a live webcast on:
Overview of Global Development of Advanced Nuclear Power Plants

Speaker:
Dr. John Cleveland
Nuclear Power Division
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna, Austria

Where:
308 Pasqua Engineering Bldg.
U. of Tennessee Main Campus

When:
Wednesday, September 7, 2005
1:30 - 2:30 pm. EST

Webcast: http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia

Viewers of the live webcast may submit questions and/or comments to
the speaker either before or during the live webcast via an email
message to utne@tennessee.edu. Please include your name and
affiliation in your email message. Viewers who miss the live
webcast can view the archived webcast, which is usually posted
within 24 hours, at
http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear/colloquia/Archive/ .

Viewers may also receive the speaker’s slides in PDF format via
email request to Ellen Fisher (efisher3@utk.edu) after the live
webcast.

Abstract:

Dr. Cleveland will summarize the current status of nuclear power and
predictions for the future. He will address means of achieving
competitive economics and overview worldwide development of advanced
Light Water Reactors, Heavy Water Reactors, Gas Cooled Reactors and
Fast Reactors. He will also summarize international initiatives for
innovative nuclear energy systems, and describe expanded
applications of nuclear energy beyond electricity generation. He
will conclude with a brief summary of IAEA’s activities in nuclear
power.

All students and faculty are invited to attend.
UTNE Graduate Students who hold Assistantships or Fellowships are
required to attend in person.

Refreshments will be provided in 219 Pasqua immediately following
the colloquium.