School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering

Structural performance depends on load and resistance parameters, in particular, magnitude and frequency of load components and their combinations, the strength of materials, modulus of elasticity, dimensions, rate of deterioration, and so on.

This talk will provide perspectives on the current status of decommissioning activities at the Hanford site, the progress of the vitrification plant, and the technical choices around immobilization of radioactive waste.

The Stanford Torus is a proposed NASA design for a space station for 10,000 to 140,000 permanent residents. To accommodate these many residents, the Stanford Torus would have an outer diameter of 1.8km (1.12mi), with a habitation-tube diameter of approximately 130m (426ft).