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Work-study master’s program in nuclear offered in Italy
Energy company Ansaldo Energia recently hosted a ceremony at its headquarters in Genoa, Italy, marking the launch of the Master in Technologies for Nuclear Power Plants program, which it developed in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano. A call for graduates in engineering, physics, and chemistry issued in May attracted more than 300 applications, 26 of which were selected for the program.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1478-1484
Tritium Waste Management and Discharge Control | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology In Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30621
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Detriation studies are critical for assessing the feasibility and costs of the ITER disposal plan for tritiated waste. A flexible apparatus has been commissioned for studying the detritiation of hard waste samples, by heating, melting, or dissolving them in molten metal. It is installed in a new laboratory approved for the simultaneous handling of tritium and beryllium. R.F. heating means the specimen temperature is limited only by the crucible material. A filter confines beryllium contamination to the silica glass specimen tube. There is independent control of carrier gas flow rate and pressure at any value between 10−7 mbar and 1 bar. All tubing is warmed to allow the use of wet carrier gases, and to reduce tritium memory. No organic materials are used. A specially constructed low-memory bakable ionization chamber and all-glass bubbler-set enable sensitive measurements of the tritium outgassing with minimised memory effects.