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Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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Construction license application submitted for Poland’s first nuclear plant
Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, Poland’s state-owned utility, has formally submitted an application for a construction license to build a nuclear power plant at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in Pomerania. The country’s first nuclear power plant will consist of three Westinghouse AP1000 units with a total installed capacity of 3,750 MWe. The construction and engineering contractor for the project is a U.S.-based consortium of Westinghouse and Bechtel.
2023 ANS Student Conference Speaker
Dr. Hayes is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering at North Carolina State University where he teaches Health Physics, Nuclear Waste Management and Radiological Emergency Response. His research uses thermoluminescence, optically stimulated luminescence and electron paramagnetic resonance along with gamma ray spectrometry and shielding for radiation safety, nuclear nonproliferation and radiological air monitoring. He is a licensed Professional Nuclear Engineer, a Certified Health Physicist and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He currently holds a joint faculty appointment with Savannah River National Laboratory and is an Associate Editor of the journal Radiation Physics and Chemistry. He previously worked in industry at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant doing nuclear waste management and at the former Nevada Test Site doing radiological emergency response for the Nuclear Emergency Support Teams.
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