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The History of Science Unit, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, organizes the

International Workshop

 

"Going Critical: 70 Years of Nuclear Energy," Nov. 5-6 2012

 

Nov. 5

Chairman: Daniele Cozzoli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 15:00-15:45

Albert Presas i Puig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

A Comparative Study of European Nuclear Energy Programs

 15:45-16:30

Paul Josephson, Colby College,

Nuclear Energy in URSS

 16:30-16:45 Coffee break

Chairman:

16:45-17:30

Mar Rubio Varas & Joseba de la Torre, Universidad Pública de Navarra

Nuclear Energy in Spain

 17:30-18:15

Karl-Erik Michelsen, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Helsinki

Nuclear energy in Finland

 18:15-19:00

Mauro Elli, State University of Milan

Italy Goes Nuclear: the Experience of Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi (ENI) in the Establishment of a National Atomic Industry

 19:00-19:45

Carola Sachse, Universität Wien

Presentation of the Book Sachse, Carola & Silke Fengler (ed.), Kernforschung in Österreich. Wandlungen eines interdisiplinären Forschungsfeldes 1900-1978, Wien: Böhlau 2012.

 20:00 Dinner

 Nov. 6

Chairman: Lino Camprubí, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona

 09:00-09:45

Maja Fjæstad, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Rise and Fall of the ‘Swedish Line’ in Nuclear Engineering

 09:45-10:30

Xu Yi-Chong, Griffith University

The Politics of Nuclear Energy in China

 10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Giorgio Ferrari, Rome

Influence of Manufacturing Process on the Nuclear Fuel Integrity and Reliability: the Italian Experience (1968-1987)

 11:45-12:30

Robert Bud, The Science Museum London

Nuclear energy in Great Britain

 12:30-13:15

Maria Jesús Santesmases, CSIC Madrid

On Nuclear Energy, Medicine and International Policy: Spain and USA

 13:15-15:00 Lunch

 Chairman: Albert Presas i Puig, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

 15:00-15:45

Angelo Baracca, University of Florence

Nuclear energy in Italy

 15:45-16:30

Matthew Adamson, McDaniel College Budapest 
History of the French Nuclear Project

 16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-17:45

Christian Forstner, Universität Jena

Nuclear energy in Austria

 17:45-18:30

Etel Solingen, University of California Irvine

Presentation of the book  Solingen, E. (ed.).  Sanctions, Statecraft, and Nuclear Proliferation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.

 18:30-19:00

Conclusions

 Sponsored by:

Departament of Humanitaties, UPF

International Commission on History of Modern Physics, IUHPS

History of Science Unit, UPF

AGAUR

 Information:

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