Nuclear science and engineering

Channel | updated April 29, 2013

The Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering provides educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students interested in advancing the frontiers of nuclear science and engineering and in developing applications of nuclear technology for the benefit of society and the environment. We prepare our students to make contributions to the scientific fundamentals of our field; to the development and engineering of nuclear systems for energy generation, security, health care, and other applications; and to the integration of nuclear systems into society and the natural environment. Learn more

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Richard Lester Audio Podcast

Audio podcast of Professor Richard Lester, Head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT speaking on nuclear leadership challenges after Fukushima at the Symposium on Nuclear Energy in 2050. The Symposium, hosted by the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems at NSE was ...

From Kitchen to Power Plant: Nano-Engineered Surfaces ...

From Kitchen to Power Plant: Nano-Engineered Surfaces Enhancing Boiling ...

Bao Truong, NSE Dept.

Here Be Dragons: Plasma-wall interactions science for ...

Here Be Dragons: Plasma-wall interactions science for future fusions ...

Zach Hartwig, NSE Dept.

Have the Cake, and Eat it! Atomistic Simulations at ...

Have the Cake, and Eat it! Atomistic Simulations at Experimental Time ...

Yue Fan & Bilge Yildiz - 2011 NSE Expo, March 11th

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Briefing ...

MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Briefing on the Japan ...

In the aftermath of Japan's earthquake and tsunami, reliable technical information about the crisis affecting the nuclear power plants at Fukushima has been difficult to discern from the media coverage. The demand to know what is happening, however, is very great. The ...

RLE Profile: Paola Cappellaro

RLE Investigator Profile Video Series: Paola Cappellaro

Professor Paola Cappellaro discusses research and education in her group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of quantum engineering.

2010 David J. Rose Lectureship in Nuclear Technology

Dr. John Holdren '65 SM '66 delivers the 2010 Rose Lecture on the Energy / Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting It.

Nanofluids for Nuclear Applications

Research from Professor Jacopo Buongiorno's lab showing the occurrence of CHF, the transition from nucleate boiling to film boiling, on an electrically-heated wire submerged in water.

Culture of Innovation (NECN Report)

Director of MIT's Industrial Performance Center Prof. Richard Lesterwith thanks to and permission from NECN

Richard Lester introducing John Rowe at the 2010 MIT Energy ...

Richard Lester introducing John Rowe at the 2010 MIT Energy Conference

Richard Lester on Innovation

Bill Gates: I love nuclear power

Speaking at MIT on April 21, 2010, Bill Gates answers a question from NSE student Matt Denman regarding his support for nuclear power.

George Apostolakis sworn in as NRC Commissioner

On April 23, 2010, MIT Professor George Apostolakis was sworn in as a Commissioner with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. George's post-swearing-in remarks begins at 5.00. NRC press release, "DR. GEORGE APOSTOLAKIS SWORN IN AS NEWEST NRC COMMISSIONER" Whitehouse ...

NSE Graduate Poster Session - David Carpenter

"A Tale of Two Waters," Y. Zhang, NSE Doctoral Research Expo

"Are fusion plasmas compressible?" A. Cerfon, NSE Doctoral ...

"Are fusion plasmas compressible?" A. Cerfon, NSE Doctoral Research Expo

Mike Short, Best Poster Award, NSE Doctoral Research Expo

Nuclear Weapons: Physics, History, and Abolition?

Nuclear Weapons: Physics, History, and Abolition? Professor A.M. Bernstein Provides present status of US, Russian, World nuclear force delivery systems; limits imposed by treaties command and control; the dangers of accidental nuclear war; and the steps to reduce the ...

Nuclear Weapons: Poliferation and the NPT

Nuclear Weapons: Poliferation and the NPT Jim Walsh, MIT Security Studies Program The threat of nuclear proliferation and the nuclear non-proliferation treaty is covered. The current discussion about abolition of nuclear weapons is also discussed. Lecture given on ...

Nuclear Weapons: The Cold War Era

The Cold War Era: Weapons, Wiretaps, and Treaties Presented by Professor David Kaiser The cold war history of the weapons deployment is covered as well as the treaties which limited their use such as the nuclear test ban, anti ballistic missile treaty. Lecture given on Jan. 21, 2010.

Nuclear science and engineering

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