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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2021)
February 9–11, 2021
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Former NRC chairs issue vaccine timeline recommendation to CDC
Five former chairmen of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission—Stephen Burns, Allison Macfarlane, Nils Diaz, Richard Meserve, and Dale Klein—signed a letter to José Romero, Arkansas health secretary and chair of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) immunization advisory committee, requesting that the advisory committee update its recommendation for COVID-19 vaccine allocation guidance for the energy workforce (including nuclear energy workers).
Currently, the CDC has four phases for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Those phases are numbered:
Technical Session|Sponsored by DESD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|3:50–5:30PM (4:50–6:30PM EST)
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James J. Byrne
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Alternate Chair:
Lynne S. Goodman
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Kathy Murdoch (American Nuclear Society)
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Why is Nuclear Safety Culture Needed During Decommissioning?
Lynne S. Goodman (Marathon Consulting Group), Philip Chase (Marathon Consulting Group)
Summary
Conceptual Design of Real-time Radiation Exposure Monitoring System for Workers during NPP Decommissioning
Dohyung Kim (Sans Frontier Technology), Byungil Lee (Integrity Diagnostics Korea)
Characterization of CVD Diamond Detector for Neutron Sensor in Harsh Radiation Environments
Masayuki Hagiwara (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization), Xiuqing Xu (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI), Mohammad Nakhostin (Department of Physics, Imperial College University of London, UK)
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