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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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Savannah River Site empties more waste tanks
The Department of Energy announced that waste from two more tanks at its Savannah River Site has been removed ahead of schedule. The tanks—numbers 11 and 15—are the fourth and fifth waste containers in 12 months to meet the milestone of preliminary cease waste removal (PCWR) regulatory approval, 7 and 19 months ahead of schedule, respectively, according to the DOE.
Technical Session
Tuesday, July 23, 2024|10:00–11:50AM CDT|Madison Ballroom
Session Chair:
Michael J. Loughlin
Alternate Chair:
Iole Palermo
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Overview of GEOUNED Code
10:00–10:25AM CDT
J.P. Catalan (Univ. Nacional de Educacion a Distancia), P. Sauvan (UNED), J. Alguacil (UNED), F. Ogando (UNED), J. Sanz (UNED)
Paper
Verification of Design Support Neutronics Workflow
10:25–10:50AM CDT
Amanda Johnson (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Henry Boyd (Commonwealth Fusion Systems), Ryanne Kennedy (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
Initial Implementation of the D1S Methodology for Shutdown Dose Rate Calculations in the OpenMC Monte Carlo Particle Transport Code
10:50–11:10AM CDT
Paul K. Romano (ANL), Patrick C. Shriwise (ANL), Ethan E. Peterson (MIT)
Presentation Slides (Visible to Attendees)
Facilitating Stellarator Power Plant Design with Parametric Modeling Capability
11:10–11:30AM CDT
Connor Moreno (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Edgar Pflug (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Joshua Smandych (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Eitan Weinstein (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Syn Hubbard (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Aaron Bader (Type One Energy), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Summary and Recommendations of the Fusion-Focused 2024 Workshop for Applied Nuclear Data Activities (WANDA2024) and the Outlook of Nuclear Data for Fusion
11:30–11:50AM CDT
Keegan J. Kelly (LANL), Amy E. Lovell (LANL), Jesse M. Brown (ORNL), Todd A. Bredeweg (LANL), Michael Loughlin (ORNL), Dieter Liechtle (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Jennifer Jo Ressler (LLNL), Laura Gustad (Missile Defense Agency), Paul Humrickhouse (ORNL), Sofia Quaglioni (LLNL), Stephanie Lyons (PNNL), Paul Romano (ANL), Paul Wilson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
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