| IMSP invites you to the Dr. Lutz Lindhorst lecture on nuclear energy |
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| Written by IMSP | |||
| Tuesday, 03 August 2010 22:18 | |||
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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics (IMSP) cordially invites you to the Physics Special Lecture by DR. LUTZ LINDHORST Nuclear Safety Department (Kernfysische Dienst) Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment The Netherlands Title: NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: (THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR SUPERVISION) Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Venue: CAS Auditorium, U.P. Los Banos, College, Laguna Abstract of the Talk: Recent developments in nuclear power industry such as long-term-operation (LTO) and new construction of nuclear power plants like in Asia, America, Africa and Europe show that nuclear power has won back importance and that it is seen in many countries as part of the energy mix of the future. These developments were induced amongst other reasons by the climate change and by rising costs of conventional plant fuels like coal, gas and oil. Besides possible advantages of nuclear power, the risks connected with this technology have always to be taken into account. Ensuring nuclear safety, nuclear security and radiation protection is a worldwide interest. The role of nuclear supervision will be discussed in the presentation. In particular, the organization of the Inspectorate of the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM) will be presented including the tasks of a nuclear regulatory body such as the Dutch nuclear safety department KFD. The presentation will give examples of different reactor types (i.e. pressurized water reactor, boiling water reactor), a worldwide oversight about commercial nuclear power reactors, and accidents that happened in the past using the examples of the Chernobyl and Three-Mile-Island events. Ongoing and future developments of new nuclear reactor types and of fusion experiments (Wendelstein 7-x and ITER) will also be presented. About the Speaker: Lutz Lindhorst is coordinator in the nuclear regulatory body (Kernfysische dienst, KFD) of the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer, VROM) of the Netherlands. He is responsible for coordinating nuclear safety issues for the supervision of nuclear installations in the Netherlands. This also entails advisory functions for the nuclear licensing department and for the crisis management group within the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment. Furthermore, he works with international experts groups on nuclear supervision and is project leader for the periodic safety review of the nuclear power plant in Borssele. Lutz Lindhorst is a mechanical engineer by profession. He started his career as machine fitter in a coal-fired power station. After his military service in Germany, he studied mechanical engineering at the Hamburg University of Technology. There he graduated in 1994, received his University-diploma in mechanical engineering and worked as researcher and assistant teacher. Parallel to his work, he wrote his PhD dissertation on underwater welding for repair and decommissioning of nuclear power plants and received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering in 1999. He joined the international technical support organization TÜV SÜD in Munich in 2000 and worked there as department head of the nuclear safety group. He was responsible for the structural stability of nuclear components with importance to safety in German nuclear power reactors and research reactors and has written a number of expert judgments on German and foreign nuclear installations. He was taken into account for full position as Professor by two German Universities in 2007 and 2008 but decided to keep working in the field of nuclear supervision and joined the nuclear regulatory body group of the Netherlands in 2009. Lutz Lindhorst has more than 15 years of experience in nuclear power. His expertise covers nuclear technology, mechanical and materials engineering, fracture mechanics and welding. He is working in international experts groups, has published several articles on a variety of regulatory issues, and held a number of presentations in international conferences.
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