<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am pleased to invite you to attend a special CANES seminar by Dr. Charles Forsberg of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)<BR><BR> 4 - 5 pm, Wednesday November 29, 2006, Room 24-121 of MIT.<BR><BR>Title: <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><B>S</B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><B>ynergism between Nuclear Hydrogen, Renewable Electricity, and Coal Liquefaction</B></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV>Abstract: <BR>Different hydrogen production methods have different characteristics. The defining characteristics of hydrogen from nuclear systems are: (1) centralized, large-scale production, (2) co-production of hydrogen and oxygen, and (3) availability of low-cost heat. Those characteristics may enable the large-scale use of renewable electricity by providing a low-cost method to provide backup electricity when the sun does not shine and the wind does not blow. Centralized nuclear hydrogen couples with large-scale underground storage of hydrogen and oxygen. That combination potentially enables the development of low-cost methods to produce intermediate and peak electrical power. The use of hydrogen and oxygen in power conversion systems potentially results in much lower costs for intermediate and peak electricity production than power conversion systems that use hydrogen and air. In the context of coal liquefaction, coal liquefaction plants require large inputs of hydrogen, oxygen, and heat. The inputs match the outputs of nuclear hydrogen production. Coal liquefaction with nuclear hydrogen avoids greenhouse gas releases in the production of liquid fuels. For traditional coal liquefaction plants, more greenhouse gases are released in the production of liquid fuels than in the burning of liquid fuels.<BR><BR><BR><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><B>Dr. Charles Forsberg</B></FONT> is a Corporate Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), received the 2005 ORNL Engineer of the Year Award, and is the Senior Reactor Technical Advisor for the Nuclear Science and Technology Division. He is a Fellow of the American Nuclear Society and received the 2002 American Nuclear Society Special Award for Innovative Nuclear Reactors. In 2005, Dr. Forsberg received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Robert E. Wilson Award in recognition of chemical engineering contributions to nuclear energy, including his work on waste management and the hydrogen economy. He holds 10 patents and has published more than 250 papers. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate degree in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Forsberg's current research activities include the development of a new generation of advanced nuclear reactors and the basis for a global nuclear-renewables energy system.</DIV> </BODY></HTML>