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Director, Nuclear Energy and Security Program |
Dr. Hussein S. KhalilHussein S. Khalil is director of Argonne's Nuclear Energy and Security Program. He oversees the Lab's research on nuclear reactor technology and nuclear non-proliferation. He joined Argonne in 1983 and has carried out research to optimize fast-reactor core design and improve computational methods for reactor physics, dynamics and fuel cycle analysis.
Dr. Khalil is an Argonne Distinguished Fellow and a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society. He earned a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983 and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1996.
In the Press
Argonne names four Distinguished Fellows
Hussein Khalil, director of the NE Division at Argonne National Laboratory, is one of the
scientists named Argonne Distinguished Fellows, the laboratory’s highest scientific
and engineering rank.
-- Argonne Press Release (Jun. 19, 2013)
Argonne's Hussein Khalil quoted in ANS news release supporting SMRs
Hussein Khalil, director of the NE Division at Argonne National Laboratory, is quoted in an American Nuclear
Society news release supporting small modular reactor research
-- NE Highlights (Mar. 1, 2013)
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)
Events
- May
5, 2013: “Pandora’s
Promise Film Screening and Discussion” — The University of Chicago hosted
a film screening and discussion of the nuclear documentary Pandora’s Promise by Robert Stone
on Sunday, May 5. Hussein Khalil was on the discussion panel following the film screening.
- Discover how Argonne’s Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) plays a role in environmentalists’ support for nuclear energy
- For more information about this event: PANDORA'S PROMISE Film Screening and Discussion
- 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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