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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
12th Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control and Human-Machine Interface Technologies (NPIC&HMIT 2021)
Technical Session
Tuesday, June 15, 2021|12:00–1:45PM EDT
Session Chair:
Brenden Heidrich (INL)
Alternate Chair:
Troy Unruh (INL)
Session Organizer:
Jamie B. Coble (University of Tennessee-Knoxville)
Staff Producer:
Jay Bogardus (ANS)
The behavior of fuels and materials in the high radiation environment of a nuclear reactor is extremely complex and represents the limiting factor in plant safety, performance, longevity, and ultimately economics. Several U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy programs have important research and development activities focusing on the in-pile behavior of nuclear fuels and materials extending from advanced fuels development, advanced modeling and simulation, and advanced reactor development.
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Radiation-Hard Electronics for Nuclear Instrumentation in Terrestrial Reactors
N. Dianne Bull Ezell (ORNL), F. Kyle Reed (ORNL), M. Nance Ericson (ORNL)
Paper
In-Core Neutron Flux, Temperature, and Pressure Instrumentation for the WIRE-21 Experiment in the High Flux Isotope Reactor
Padhraic L. Mulligan (ORNL), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL), Kurt Smith (ORNL), Kara Godsey (ORNL), Daniel C. Sweeney (ORNL), Christian M. Petrie (ORNL), Jorge Carvajal (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Shawn Stafford (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jeff Arndt (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Magnetostrictive Ultrasonic Waveguide Transducer for In-Pile Thermometry
Shane Palmer (Boise State Univ.), Alex Draper (Boise State Univ.), Zhangxian Deng (Boise State Univ.)
A First Principle Look at the Electromotive Force Generation from Molybdenum and Niobium Alloys
Richard Skifton (INL)
Irradiation Characterization of Pressure Transducers
Dan C. Floyd (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), Richard T. Wood (Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville), N. Dianne B. Ezell (ORNL)
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