Course

Nuclear Energy in a Low-Carbon Future: Key Facts and Issues

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Clean Air Task Force

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Clean Air Task Force

Online

01-03 August, 2023

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Clean Air Task Force are offering a three-day course “Nuclear Energy in a Low-Carbon Future: Key Facts and Issues” on August 1–3. The course is organized by MIT’s Jacopo Buongiorno, Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering and director of science and technology for the university’s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. TerraPraxis' Co-CEO, Eric Ingersoll, and Board of Director Member, Jacopo Buongiorno will be lecturing on the topic of the 'Cost Challenge'.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Clean Air Task Force are offering a three-day course “Nuclear Energy in a Low-Carbon Future: Key Facts and Issues” on August 1–3. The course is organized by MIT’s Jacopo Buongiorno, Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor in Nuclear Engineering and director of science and technology for the university’s Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. TerraPraxis' Co-CEO, Eric Ingersoll, and Board of Director Member, Jacopo Buongiorno will be lecturing on the topic of the 'Cost Challenge'.

The course has been offered jointly by MIT and the CATF since 2019. It is intended to provide an opportunity for interested participants to improve their knowledge of nuclear energy technologies and their potential roles in addressing important social needs, especially responses to climate change. This course will be taught in person and online, slots to attend in person are now fully booked, but we encourage the online participation.

Subject matter: Sessions offered over the three days include the following:

  • Nuclear and climate change.
  • Nuclear power plant basics.
  • Nuclear safety.
  • Nuclear energy–the Finnish example.
  • Nuclear and hydrogen production.
  • Current global state of nuclear energy.
  • The cost challenge.
  • Nuclear waste.
  • Advanced reactors and advanced fuels.
  • History of public perception.
  • Nonproliferation issues.
  • Fusion energy.
  • Radiation health science.
  • Public opinion and nuclear: U.S. and global trends.