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Nuclear Dirigo
On April 22, 1959, Rear Admiral George J. King, superintendent of the Maine Maritime Academy, announced that following the completion of the 1960 training cruise, cadets would begin the study of nuclear engineering. Courses at that time included radiation physics, reactor control and instrumentation, reactor theory and engineering, thermodynamics, shielding, core design, reactor maintenance, and nuclear aspects.
J. M. Miller
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 54 | Number 2 | August 2008 | Pages 325-328
Technical Paper | Tritium in Fission | doi.org/10.13182/FST08-A1823
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An overview of the various Canadian tritium research and operational activities supporting the development, refurbishment and operation of CANDU® a nuclear power reactors is presented. These activities encompass tritium health and safety, tritium in the environment, tritium interaction with materials, and tritium processing, and relate to both supporting R&D advances as well as operational best practices. The collective results of these activities contribute to our goals of improving worker and public safety, and operational efficiency.