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Division Spotlight
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
2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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Fighting fatigue and maintaining 10 CFR Part 26 compliance
Fatigue has been identified as a major risk factor in industrial accidents. According to the National Safety Council, 13 percent of workplace injuries can be attributed to fatigue.1 Other research indicates that working 12 hours per day is associated with a staggering 37 percent increase in risk of injury.2 Considering fatigue was a contributing factor to major nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, it makes sense that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission imposes hefty fines to ensure strict adherence to its fatigue management regulations—particularly, Code of Federal Regulations Title 10, Part 26, “Fitness for Duty Programs.”
18th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis (PSA 2023)
Kevin Coyne is the Senior Level Advisor for Probabilistic Risk Assessment in the Division of Risk Analysis in the NRC’s Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research. He joined the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 1994 as a graduate fellow and since that time has served in a number of progressively responsible positions, including reliability and risk analyst and operations engineer in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, resident inspector in Region III; Technical Assistant and Chief, Probabilistic Risk Assessment Branch, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research; and management positions in the Office of New Reactors and the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. Before joining the NRC, Dr. Coyne was a nuclear shift test engineer at Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He has an undergraduate degree in nuclear engineering and masters’ degrees in nuclear and mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Virginia; and a masters and doctorate in reliability engineering from the University of Maryland. Dr. Coyne is a licensed Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a graduate of the NRC’s Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, and a recipient of the NRC’s Meritorious Service Award.
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