Global Energy Supply, Impacts Topic of Sept. 26 Seminar at WSU Tri-Cities

RICHLAND, Wash. —  The current global energy situation and the challenges facing the planet will be addressed at a nuclear engineering-related professional development seminar on Friday, Sept. 26, at Washington State University Tri-Cities.
 
“Energy Futures: Air, Water, and Land Impacts” is being presented by Leonard Bond, a Laboratory Fellow with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland.
 
The one-hour seminar starts at 12:10 p.m. in Room 210 of the West Building, 2710 University Drive, Richland. Admission is free and open to the public. The session is being shared by videoconference with WSU Pullman in the Murrow Communications Center West (MURW), Room 52.
 
Bond earned his Ph.D. in physics from the City University London and started his career with British Gas. He has more than 30 years experience in energy-related research. Bond joined PNNL in 1998 and currently is the focus area lead for “Reactor Aging Management” within the Sustainable Nuclear Power Initiative. He is a U.S. delegate to the International Electrotechnical Commission, holds nine patents, and has published more than 250 papers.
 
“The USA is just 5 percent of the global population and yet we use 25 percent of global energy. We face a time of change in an increasingly energy-hungry world,” Bond said.
 
“This talk will briefly review the current global energy situation. It will then explore some of the complex inter-relationships between energy supply, its use, and the resulting impacts on the finite air, water, and land resources of the ‘pale blue dot,’” Bond said. “The talk will conclude with a discussion of “grand challenges” facing the global community in developing a shared vision that will transition the planet’s energy system.”
 
This is the second nuclear engineering-related seminar in the Fall 2008 series, which is being coordinated by Richard Stout as part of the WSU Tri-Cities Engineering program. Stout is a nuclear physicist and is president of the Eastern Washington section of the American Nuclear Society.
 
For more details on the nuclear-related engineering courses offered at WSU Tri-Cities, visit www.tricity.wsu.edu/nuclearengineering <https://www.tricity.wsu.edu/nuclearengineering> or contact Academic Director Scott Hudson at 509-372-7254 or shudson@tricity.wsu.edu.
 
Washington State University Tri-Cities is located along the Columbia River in Richland, Wash. Established in 1989 with upper division and graduate programs, WSU Tri-Cities offers 17 baccalaureate, 13 master’s, and five doctoral degree programs. The campus added freshman and sophomore courses in fall 2007 to become a full four-year public university, extending the WSU land-grant mission of providing affordable, accessible higher education. For more information, call 509-372-7250 or visit www.tricity.wsu.edu.