On Wednesday, April 9, John Vennekate will present "From the Lab to Your Sewage Plant: Accelerators for Environmental Applications" in the CEBAF Center auditorium and via Zoom.
Abstract: The history of environmental applications of ionizing irradiation dates back to the 1980s and 1990s. Electron beam has proven to be a useful tool for the treatment of industrial waste water and flue gases and is already in use in multiple pilot plants in East Europe and Asia. It also offers a new alternative for tackling rising challenges for the wastewater treatment industry of the future in form of newly discovered harmful contaminants. The talk presents developments that enable a technology transfer of well-established superconducting accelerator technology from science to this field of environmental applications with a focus on water treatment. Recent achievements and future concepts are summarized with an emphasis on the pioneering work done at Jefferson Lab.