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Nuclear physics is largely beyond everyday experience. However, its social relevance extends far beyond the familiar military and commercial uses: when doctors examine internal organs, archaeologists date finds or computer manufacturers manufacture processors, they use nuclear physics methods. In the foreseeable future, it will also be possible to defuse the highly radioactive and long-lived waste produced in nuclear power plants in such a way that geological repositories will no longer be necessary. Prof. Dr. Holger Podlech, Professor of Physics at the University of Frankfurt, will present this so-called transmutation in more detail in his lecture and discuss the question of what this huge innovative step means for the future of nuclear power in terms of energy. Holger Podlech studied physics in Heidelberg (diploma 1997) and, after completing his doctorate at the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics in 1999, went to Michigan State University in the USA for two years as a postdoc. Since 2002 he has been conducting research at the University of Frankfurt, where he qualified as a professor in 2008 and was appointed professor of accelerator physics in 2012. Podlech is director of the Institute of Applied Physics and head of the “Accelerator” research pillar at the Helmholtz Academy Hessen for the FAIR accelerator center in Darmstadt. Moderation: Stephan Hübner, hr-iNFO Follow us on Facebook: / polytechnische We look forward to your subscription on Instagram: / polytechnischegesellschaft