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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space (NETS 2023)
May 7–11, 2023
Idaho Falls, ID|Snake River Event Center
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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IAEA launches comic book contest for teens
The International Atomic Energy Agency is inviting teens aged 14 to 18 to submit original comic book pages depicting a space-based nuclear science experiment on agricultural seeds that the agency is conducting with the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The contest is offering prizes, including publication of the winning designs on the IAEA website, for the champion and finalists. The deadline for April 16.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE)
Technical Session
Wednesday, June 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM PDT|Huntington B/C
Session Chair:
Brian Grierson (General Atomics)
Alternate Chair:
Leigh Winfrey
Session Organizer:
Rajesh Maingi
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Progress in a US-Based Liquid Metal Plasma-Facing Component Design Activity for a Fusion Nuclear Science Facility
Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Daniel E. Andruczyk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Davide Curreli (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), M.S. Islam (ORNL), Charles E. Kessel (ORNL), Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Egemen Kolemen (PPPL), Jeremy Lore (ORNL), Daniel O'Dea (UIUC), Francisco Paenz (PU), Bruce A. Pint (ORNL), Rabel Rizkallah (UIUC), Marie Romedenne (UT-Battelle ORNL), Sergey Smolentsev (ORNL), Zhen Sun (PPPL), Brian Wynne (PU), Dennis L. Youchison (ORNL)
Summary
Overview of Liquid Metal PFC R&D at UIUC
Daniel E. Andruczyk (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rabel Rizkallah (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Daniel O'Dea (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Andrew Shone (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Sam Smith (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Brandon E. Kamiyama (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Chuck E. Kessel (ORNL), Sergey Smolentsev (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Thomas Morgan (Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research), Fabio Romano (Dutch Institute For Fundamental Energy Research)
Design and MHD Thermofluids Analysis for an Open-Surface Fast-Flow Liquid Lithium Divertor
Sergey Smolentsev (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Charles E. Kessel (ORNL), Jeremy Lore (ORNL), Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)
Experiments and Simulations of Free Surface Liquid Metal Flow under Magnetohydrodynamic Conditions at LMX-U
Egemen Kolemen (Princeton Univ.), Andrei Khodak (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), Francisco J. Saenz Castro (Princeton Univ.), Jabir A. Salam (Kyushu Univ.), Sergey Smolentsev (Univ. California, Los Angeles), Zhen Sun (PPPL), Brian Wynne (Princeton Univ.)
Plasma Boundary Response Calculations for a Fast Flow Liquid Lithium Divertor
Jeremy Lore (ORNL), M.S. Islam (ORNL), Charles E. Kessel (ORNL), Davide Curreli (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Rajesh Maingi (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory), M. Rezazadeh (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), S. Smolentsev (ORNL)
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