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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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EnergySolutions to help explore advanced reactor development in Utah
Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced that it has signed a memorandum of understating with the Intermountain Power Agency and the state of Utah to explore the development of advanced nuclear power generation at the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) site near Delta, Utah.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPD
Monday, June 8, 2020|3:30–5:15PM EDT
Session Chair:
Benjamin R. Betzler
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Florent Heidet
Staff Producer:
Susan Gallier (American Nuclear Society)
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Design Downselection for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
B. J. Ade (ORNL), A. J. Wysocki (ORNL), P. C. Chesser (ORNL), M. S. Greenwood (ORNL), P. L. Wang (ORNL), N. D. See (ORNL), X. Hu (ORNL), K. A. Terrani (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL)
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Power Level Downselection for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
K. A. Terrani (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL), B. J. Ade (ORNL), A. J. Wysocki (ORNL), P. K. Jain (ORNL), M. S. Greenwood (ORNL), J. D. Rader (ORNL), J. J. W. Heineman (ORNL), R. F. Kile (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville), N. R. Brown (Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville)
Control Element Design for the Transformational Challenge Reactor (TCR)
J. R. Burns (ORNL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL), B. Ade (ORNL), F. Heidet (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL)
Transformational Challenge Reactor Moderator Material Selection to Achieve Fuel Minimization
P. Vegendla (ANL), A. Bergeron (ANL), F. Heidet (ANL), B. R. Betzler (ORNL), B. J. Ade (ORNL), S. Mohanty (ANL)
Thermal Neutron Scattering Measurements of YHx for the Transformational Challenge Reactor
Chris W. Chapman (ORNL), Xunxiang Hu (ORNL), Jesse Brown (ORNL), Goran Arbanas (ORNL), Alexander I. Kolesnikov (ORNL), Yongqiang Cheng (ORNL), Luke Daemen (ORNL)
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