CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

NEXT MEETING ___________________________________________________

Monday, May 7, 12:00 noon

Cellar Restaurant at Union Square

Downtown, Chattanooga

TOPIC : "Nuclear Power - Today and in the Future"

Dr. Harold Dodds – Director, Nuclear Engineering Department, UT - Knoxville

Dr. Dodds will provide us an overview of status of nuclear power in the US and abroad, and discuss the issues effecting economics, safety, the environment and nuclear waste. He will also discuss recent R&D activities in the US and the prospect for new orders of nuclear power plants.

Dr. Dodds is IBM Professor and Head of the Nuclear Engineering Department, University of Tennessee at Knoxville. He joined UT as a faculty member in 1976 after working six years for DuPont at the Savannah River Laboratory. He has served as a nuclear consultant to several organizations in both government and private industry, and is a retiree of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

OUR LAST EVENT _______________________________________________

Field Trip to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

Chattanooga Engineers Club members and guests received a royal tour of the nuclear power plant facility. Following an informative introduction of the plant by the plant manager himself, Dennis Koehl, our entourage of some 30 people was shown the various components of the plant. Guided by six well-qualified top engineers from the site, our group toured the steam turbine room, the generator area and even got to visit the control room. What made the tour even more special was that it was done while both generating units were in operation.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS ______________________________________

May 14 "Issues Surrounding the Use of SF6":

Tom Wojtalic – Manager of TVA’s Transmission Environmental Programs.

SF6 is a sulfur-hexofluoride compound whose properties make it an ideal substance for many industrial applications. Unfortunately, it is also a gas that is believed to contribute to the "greenhouse effect". Tom will describe today’s unique applications of SF6 and the ways in which industry and regulatory agencies are attempting to minimize its harmful effects.

May 21: "A Day-time Corona Camera for Surveying Power Transmission Lines and

Substations". - Barry Gore - TVA

May 28: No meeting – In observance of Memorial Day

June 4: "SWAT Jobs and Porto-Sags -- Peeling the Power Quality Onion"
- Arshad Mansoor, Engineering Manager, EPRI-PEAC, Knoxville

June 11: "TVA's Regenesys Project - Installation of a 12 -Mw Flow Battery
for Peak Shaving and Load Shifting". - Joe Hogland and Mick Ray - TVA

June 18: "The Electric Power Industry - Its History and Likely Future".
Terry Boston - TVA

June 25: "Intelligent Transportation Systems"
Dr. Rekha Pillai - Oak Ridge National Lab

WHERE ARE WE ? _______________________________________________

Unless we announce it otherwise, our meetings are held at noontime every Monday at the Cellar Restaurant - basement floor of the Tallan Building at the corner of Chestnut Street and MLK Blvd. Our meeting room and luncheon service are available by 11:40 a.m. Lunch buffet is available for $10 per person. No reservation is required. Our business meeting begins at noon, followed by the speaker's presentation around 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1:00 p.m. Parking is available free of charge at the Days Inn across the street (M.L. King Blvd. and Carter Street). If you park there, please leave some type of note on your car's dashboard to indicate that you are attending the Chattanooga Engineers Club.