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Dr. Hussein S. Khalil
Hussein S. Khalil is director of Argonne’s Nuclear Engineering Division and is responsible for the Lab’s research on nuclear reactor technology and nuclear non-proliferation. He joined Argonne in 1983 and became a Senior Scientist in 2001. He has a Ph.D. from MIT and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Dr. Khalil’s research has focused on the advancement of reactor physics and dynamics methods and the optimization of fast reactor core design. He coordinates DOE sponsored research nation-wide on advanced modeling and simulation of nuclear energy systems.
Dr. Khalil is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and one of two US members of the Experts Group of the Generation IV International Forum.
In the Press
Argonne’s
pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN radios
Hussein Khalil, director of the Nuclear Engineering Division, talked to Bill Moller
of WGN Radio about the revolutionary potential of pyroprocessing -- NE Highlights (Jul. 23, 2012)
Safer
Nuclear Reactors Impeded By Marketplace, Expert Says
Jack McMahon, a blogger at Forbes.com, wraps up the discussion panel held on University of Chicago
on April 21, 2011 -- forbes.com blogs (Apr. 22, 2011)
Hussein Khalil at Chicago Tonight Show experts
roundtable on the situation in Japan
On March 17, 2011 Hussein Khalil, Director of Argonne’s Nuclear Engineering Division, participated
in an experts round table about the ongoing events in Japan on the Chicago Tonight show on WTTW.
-- NE Highlights (Mar. 18, 2011)
Waste
management implications of fuel cycle alternatives
On October 12, 2010 Hussein Khalil participated
in a Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technologies Subcommittee Meeting in Washington D.C.
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NE Highlights (Oct. 21, 2010)
American Nuclear Society bestows Society's highest honor on five outstanding nuclear professionals -- ANS News Release (Jun. 15, 2010)
American Nuclear Society to honor leading Argonne scientist -- Argonne News Release (Jun. 14, 2010)
Nuclear Power Going Green? -- Green Sense radio show (Mar. 14, 2010)
Putting the new in nuclear Hussein S. Khalil interviewed by "Argonne Now" magazine (Fall 2009)
Dr. Khalil recently was at:
- April 21, 2011: “Beyond Fukushima: The Risks, Realities & Future of Nuclear Energy in the U.S.” — Panel Discussion exploring nuclear energy from a variety of perspectives, including climate and ecology, economics, history, policy, safety, and science and technology. - read the related NE News Release (Apr. 19, 2010)
- Oct. 12, 2010: Reactor and Fuel Cycle Technologies Subcommittee Meeting of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future (Washington DC) - read the related NE News Release (Oct. 21, 2010)
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