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Growing the future nuclear energy workforce in the Volunteer State
The Volunteer State’s governor and representatives have made clear their intention to position Tennessee at the forefront of a nuclear energy growth surge over the next several years. They’re making the financial investment to back up this commitment, pledging $50 million to recruit the innovative and invest in the existing nuclear companies in the state.
In an interview with advocacy group Nuclear Matters, Gov. Bill Lee expressed his excitement and optimism for Tennessee’s nuclear future.
“Tennessee is one of the fastest growing states in the country,” he said. “Because of that, we have people and companies moving here and we need to have a dependable, reliable energy source.”
Technical Session|Panel|Sponsored by NNPD
Thursday, December 2, 2021|10:00–11:45AM EST |Columbia 3
Session Chair:
Shikha Prasad (TAMU)
Alternate Chair:
John Mattingly (NCSU)
Session Organizer:
Student Assistant:
Peter Hotvedt
Antineutrino detection could be a tool to remotely monitor a nuclear reactor's power, burnup, fuel composition, and used nuclear fuel repository. However, it is challenging to build portable detectors based on existing inverse-beta-decay interaction. Coherent-elastic-neutrino-nucleus-scattering (CEvNS) has recently emerged as the next generation, potential candidate for antineutrino measurements with kilogram-scale detectors. Nonetheless, there are several questions that need to be answered in the context of nuclear nonproliferation and reactor monitoring which will be discussed in this panel discussion: i) how low in antineutrino energy can one detect; ii) can an improvement in energy resolution be realized; iii) how can sensitivity to background radiation be treated; iv) what level of confidence can CEvNS provide in measuring power and burnup; v) how easily can they be deployed, and how much will they cost?
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