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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 Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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NRC’s David Wright visits the Hill and more NRC news
Wright
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is in the spotlight today for three very different reasons. First, NRC Chair David Wright was on Capitol Hill yesterday for his renomination hearing in front of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee. Second, the NRC released its updated milestone schedules according to the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act (NEIMA) and the executive orders signed by President Trump last month; and third, as reported by Reuters on Tuesday, 28 former NRC officials have condemned the dismissal of Commissioner Hanson earlier this month.
Renomination: EPW Committee chair Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R., W.Va.) opened the hearing with a statement praising Wright’s experience and emphasized the urgency of stable leadership at the NRC.
“China is executing a rapid build-out of its nuclear industry,” Capito said. “The demand for clean, baseload power is skyrocketing as we position America to win the AI race.”
Technical Session
Tuesday, May 10, 2022|1:30–3:30PM EDT|Calypso
Session Chair:
John Scott (NASA)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Leonard Dudzinski (NASA)
Four presentations from U.S. and international contributors, discussing reactor, thruster, and power conversion concepts.
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High Power Electric Propulsion Thruster Trades for a Nuclear Electric Propulsion-Based Human Mars Mission
Timothy Kokan (Aerojet Rocketdyne), C. Russell Joyner II (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Daniel J.H. Levack (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Dennis E. Morris (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Brian J. Muzek (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Rodney W. Noble (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Samuel Rapoport (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Christopher B. Reynolds (Aerojet Rocketdyne), Jakob Trescott (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
Paper
Conceptual Design of a Rotary Space Reactor with Naturally Circulating Water Driven by Centrifugal Force
Keigo Hasegawa (Tokyo City Univ.), Kazumasa Taneda (Tokyo City Univ.), Rikio Watanabe (Tokyo City Univ.), Naoyuki Takaki (Tokyo City Univ.)
Nuclear Electric Propulsion Brayton Power Conversion Working Fluid Considerations
Rodger Dyson (NASA Glenn Research Center), D. V. Rao (LANL), Matthew Duchek (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Christopher Harnack (Analytical Mechanics Assoc.), Robert Scheidegger (NASA Glenn Research Center), Lee Mason (NASA), Al Juhasz (NASA Glenn Research Center), Luis Rodriguez (NASA Glenn Research Center), Ronald Leibach (NASA Glenn Research Center), Steven Geng (NASA Glenn Research Center), Daniel Goodell (NASA Glenn Research Center)
Genetic Optimization of a Conversion System Based on a Rankine Cycle and its Heat Sink for a 1 MWe Space Nuclear Reactor
Carlos-Jesús Romero-Casado (CEA), Nicolas Rey-Tornero (CEA), Guillaume Campioni (CEA), Yannick Gorsse (CEA), Daniel Heuer (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Nicolas Jonqueres (CEA), Sébastien Le Martelot (CNES)
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