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Seminar: Overview of Savannah River National Laboratory
October 17, 2019 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Dr. Glen F. Kessinger
Director
Nonproliferation Technologies Section
Savannah River National Laboratory
Abstract
Dr. Kessinger will present an overview of the Savannah River National Laboratory with emphasis on activities in the area of Nuclear Nonproliferation.
Biography
Dr. Kessinger received a Ph.D. in physical chemistry in 1989 from the University of Kansas, where he studied under the direction of Professor P. W. Gilles. He has worked as a process development chemistry at the Idaho National Laboratory (1990-2001) and the Savannah River National Laboratory (2001-present). Dr. Kessinger joined the SRNL Nonproliferation Technologies Section as a manager in 2011 and has been responsible for organizations working in the areas of nuclear forensics, nonproliferation technology development, and trace analysis analytical chemistry.
His technical interests include:
- High Temperature Chemistry of Refractory Materials
- Mass Spectrometry
- Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemistry
His R&D activities have addressed:
- Glass-ceramic waste form immobilization of Idaho Chemical Processing Plant calcined high-level waste
- Development of Naval fuel processing flowsheets
- Investigation of the physical and chemical phenomena related to thermal ionization mass spectrometry ion formation
- Processing, characterization, and storage of actinide materials.
Room 1202 Burlington Labs
***This seminar will be streamed live on our NCStateNuclear YouTube channel***