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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2023)
February 6–9, 2023
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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The legacy of Experimental Breeder Reactor-I
At 1:23 p.m. load dissipaters from the generator were connected—electricity flows from atomic energy.” These were the words Walter Zinn wrote in the log after the first four light bulbs were illuminated by nuclear energy. The year was 1951, and the EBR-I was about to show the world what nuclear energy had to offer.
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8:00–9:45AM EST
Georgetown West
Session Chair: Miles van Noordennen|Alternate Chair: Nadia S. Glucksberg
Panel|Georgetown East
Session Chairs: Leonel E. Lagos, Mitch W. Pryor
10:00–11:45AM EST
Session Chair: Nadia S. Glucksberg|Alternate Chair: Jay Peters
Session Chair: John Moon|Alternate Chair: Adam J. Carroll
1:00–2:45PM EST
Georgetown East
Session Chair: Mark S. Campagna|Alternate Chair: Erhard W. Koehler
Session Chair: Genia McKinley|Alternate Chair: Anthony Abrahao
3:05–4:50PM EST
Session Chair: Leah Spradley Parks|Alternate Chair: Jay Peters
Session Chair: Brian E. O'Neil|Alternate Chair: Taskin Padir
Session Chairs: Lawrence E. Boing, Dustin G. Miller
Session Chairs: Leonel E. Lagos, Sungmoon Joo, Brian O'Neil
Session Chair: Mark S. Campagna|Alternate Chair: Lawrence E. Boing
Session Chair: Mitch W. Pryor|Alternate Chair: Young Soo Park
Session Chair: Erhard W. Koehler|Alternate Chair: Jay Peters
Session Chair: Young Soo Park|Alternate Chair: Mitch W. Pryor
Session Chair: Anthony Abrahao|Alternate Chair: Mackenson Telusma