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Per F. Peterson

Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Nuclear Engineering

Per F. Peterson is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor at University of California, Berkeley.

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Per F. Peterson

University of California, Berkeley

Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor

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engineering applied physics thermal engineering nuclear engineering heat transfer materials science fusion engineering nuclear physics fusion mechanical engineering fusion science nuclear science fluid dynamics materials engineering nuclear energy fluid mechanics accelerator technology renewable energy nuclear fusion instrumentation nuclear materials heat exchangers inertial fusion energy thermal modeling nuclear safety proliferation resistance heavy ion fusion numerical simulations waste management inertial confinement fusion natural convection energy research accelerator physics ceramic technology radioactive waste disposal physical protection heavy-ion fusion chamber transport advanced high-temperature reactor energy conversion engineering geology energy engineering hydraulics advanced energy technology nuclear power convective heat transfer national ignition facility information fusion advanced manufacturing technologies sustainable development environmental technology fluid flow hydrogen production power engineering magnetic confinement fusion particle technology thermal analysis igneous process high-temperature reactor noncondensable gases vertical tubes process heat parametric study gas-loaded heat pipes planar silos x-ray ablation thermal hydraulics mixture analysis mass transfer chaotic mixing international cooperation policy cooperation benchmark studies turbulence modeling stereoscopic processing material processing

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Modeling Glass Degradation and Release of Radionuclides From Vitrified Waste for Performance Assessment Simulations. Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering (2026)

nuclear materialshazardous materialsenvironmental engineeringclean technologyenvironmental technologyengineeringwaste managementenvironmental remediationcleaner productionwater process engineeringrecyclingwater purificationenvironmental materialsnuclear chemistrywater treatmentchemical engineeringreclaimed water

Toward the Performance Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Waste Forms: Temperature Dependence of Lanthanide Borosilicate Glass Dissolution. npj Materials Degradation (2026)

nuclear materialstemperature dependencenuclear engineeringperformance assessmentwaste managementceramicsglass materialmaterials scienceradioactive waste disposalnuclear chemistrychemical engineering

Graphite Waste Classification and Disposal Cost Estimation for High Temperature Gas and Salt Reactors. Annals of Nuclear Energy (2025)

environmental engineeringclean technologycleaner productionnuclear energyradioactive waste disposalwaste disposal

An Open Source Thermo-Hydraulic Uniphase Solver for Advection and Convection in Salt Flows (Tuas). SSRN Electronic Journal (2024)

Theodore Kay Chen OngSicong XiaoPer F. Peterson

salt flows

Advanced Reactor Control and Operations (Arco): A University Research Facility for Developing Optimized Digital Control Rooms. Nuclear Technology (2022)

Christopher PoreskyClara AlivisatosJames KendrickPer F. PetersonRoger LewThomas UlrichRonald L. Boring

advanced reactor controlnuclear engineeringsystems engineeringuniversity research facility

Solid-To-Fluid Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling for System Analysis Module. Nuclear Engineering and Design (2022)

Ishak JohnsonRui HuLing ZouPer Peterson

nuclear engineeringsystems engineeringengineeringsystem analysis modulesystems modelingheat transferthermal engineeringradiative heat transferapplied physicsfusion engineeringmodeling and simulation

Operator Preferences in an Advanced Nuclear Control Operating Room. 12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021) (2021)

Clara AlivisatosChristopher PoreskyPer PetersonRonald BoringThomas Ulrich

behavioral sciencesoperator preferencesinstrumentationrisk management

Parametric Study and Design Procedure for Planar Silos and Hoppers. Powder Technology (2021)

Evgeny RabinovichHaim KalmanPer F. Peterson

planar silosparticle technologymaterials engineeringparametric studydesign procedurematerials science

Granular Material Flow Regime Map for Planar Silos and Hoppers. Powder Technology (2020)

Evgeny RabinovichHaim KalmanPer F. Peterson

planar silosparticle technologymaterials sciencepowder metallurgygranular materials

Kairos Power Thermal Hydraulics Research and Development. Nuclear Engineering and Design (2020)

Edward BlandfordKyle BrumbackLambert FickCraig GerardiBrandon HaughElizabeth HillstromKevin JohnsonPer F. PetersonFloren RubioFatih S. SarikurtSonat SenHaihua ZhaoNicolas Zweibaum

hydraulicsnuclear engineeringpower engineeringengineeringheat transferthermal engineering

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Per F. Peterson

Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor

University of California, Berkeley

Affiliations

College of Engineering

Nuclear Engineering

Per F. Peterson is currently serving as a College Of Engineering Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor at University of California, Berkeley.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Per F. Peterson

University of California, Berkeley

Professor and William S Floyd and Jean McCallum Floyd Chair in Engineering Professor

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Modeling Glass Degradation and Release of Radionuclides From Vitrified Waste for Performance Assessment Simulations. Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering (2026)

Toward the Performance Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Waste Forms: Temperature Dependence of Lanthanide Borosilicate Glass Dissolution. npj Materials Degradation (2026)

nuclear materialstemperature dependencenuclear engineeringperformance assessmentwaste managementceramicsglass materialmaterials scienceradioactive waste disposalnuclear chemistrychemical engineering

Graphite Waste Classification and Disposal Cost Estimation for High Temperature Gas and Salt Reactors. Annals of Nuclear Energy (2025)

environmental engineeringclean technologycleaner productionnuclear energyradioactive waste disposalwaste disposal

An Open Source Thermo-Hydraulic Uniphase Solver for Advection and Convection in Salt Flows (Tuas). SSRN Electronic Journal (2024)

Theodore Kay Chen OngSicong XiaoPer F. Peterson

salt flows

Advanced Reactor Control and Operations (Arco): A University Research Facility for Developing Optimized Digital Control Rooms. Nuclear Technology (2022)

Christopher PoreskyClara AlivisatosJames KendrickPer F. PetersonRoger LewThomas UlrichRonald L. Boring

advanced reactor controlnuclear engineeringsystems engineeringuniversity research facility

Solid-To-Fluid Radiative Heat Transfer Modeling for System Analysis Module. Nuclear Engineering and Design (2022)

Ishak JohnsonRui HuLing ZouPer Peterson

nuclear engineeringsystems engineeringengineeringsystem analysis modulesystems modelingheat transferthermal engineeringradiative heat transferapplied physicsfusion engineeringmodeling and simulation

Operator Preferences in an Advanced Nuclear Control Operating Room. 12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021) (2021)

Clara AlivisatosChristopher PoreskyPer PetersonRonald BoringThomas Ulrich

behavioral sciencesoperator preferencesinstrumentationrisk management

Parametric Study and Design Procedure for Planar Silos and Hoppers. Powder Technology (2021)

Evgeny RabinovichHaim KalmanPer F. Peterson

planar silosparticle technologymaterials engineeringparametric studydesign procedurematerials science

Granular Material Flow Regime Map for Planar Silos and Hoppers. Powder Technology (2020)

Evgeny RabinovichHaim KalmanPer F. Peterson

planar silosparticle technologymaterials sciencepowder metallurgygranular materials

Kairos Power Thermal Hydraulics Research and Development. Nuclear Engineering and Design (2020)

Edward BlandfordKyle BrumbackLambert FickCraig GerardiBrandon HaughElizabeth HillstromKevin JohnsonPer F. PetersonFloren RubioFatih S. SarikurtSonat SenHaihua ZhaoNicolas Zweibaum

hydraulicsnuclear engineeringpower engineeringengineeringheat transferthermal engineering

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