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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.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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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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DOE opens pilot program to authorize test reactors outside national labs
Details of the plan to test new reactor concepts under the Department of Energy’s authority but outside national laboratory boundaries—first outlined in one of the four executive orders on nuclear energy released on May 23—were just released in a request for applications issued by the DOE.
Hirofumi Nakamura, Toshihiko Yamanishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 60 | Number 4 | November 2011 | Pages 1527-1530
Interaction with Materials | Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology (Part 2) | doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A12723
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Possibility of metal coatings on F82H as the tritium permeation reduction coating was examined by means of deuterium permeation experiment. Metal coatings such as copper, aluminum and gold plating of 10 m thickness on outer surface of the F82H tube (250mm length, 10mm diameter and 1mm thickness) were prepared as the permeation reduction coating. Permeation Reduction Factor (PRF) of the metal coatings was evaluated by comparing the steady state permeation flux between metal plated specimens and F82H specimen. As the results, the PRF of the metal coatings at 590K were 5, 100 and >1000 for copper, aluminum and gold plating, respectively. Those results indicate the possibility that aluminum and gold plating could be applied in the tritium system as the tritium permeation reduction method.
