EP Colloquium

Dr. Philippe Bardet, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, will give a talk regarding "Earthquakes and Loss of Coolant Accidents (LOCA) can damage nuclear power plants cores, which set safety requirements. With recent earthquake in Japan combined with reassessment of seismic hazard in the US by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, these events are seeing a renewed interest."