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Jacopo Buongiorno

TEPCO Professor and Associate Department Head; Director, Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES) Nuclear Science and Engineering

Part of the Low-Carbon Energy Centers

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Research Areas

Energy EfficiencyNuclear EnergyPolicy & Economics

News

MIT Energy Initiative study reports on the future of nuclear energy

Findings suggest new policy models and cost-cutting technologies could help nuclear play vital role in climate solutions

Q&A with Low-Carbon Energy Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems co-directors
MIT study on nuclear energy in a carbon-constrained world receives support from Shell

Related Publications

Separate effects of surface roughness, wettability, and porosity on the boiling critical heat flux

June 2013

Jacopo Buongiorno

Bubble Nucleation on Nano- to Micro-size Cavities and Posts: An Experimental Validation of Classical Theory

September 2012

Jacopo Buongiorno, Karl Berggren

Effects of Micro/Nano-Scale Surface Characteristics on the Leidenfrost Point Temperature of Water

July 2012

Jacopo Buongiorno

Research

The Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World

Deep borehole disposal of spent nuclear fuel