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The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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Countering the nuclear workforce shortage narrative
James Chamberlain, director of the Nuclear, Utilities, and Energy Sector at Rullion, has declared that the nuclear industry will not have workforce challenges going forward. “It’s time to challenge the scarcity narrative,” he wrote in a recent online article. “Nuclear isn't short of talent; it’s short of imagination in how it attracts, trains, and supports the workforce of the future.”
J. K. Garner, J. Blanchard, G. Orient, K. Taghavi, M. Tillack, M. Youssef, K. Shin,b, H. Madaramec
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 962-967
Blanket and First-Wall Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40158
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A preliminary conceptual design was made of a test module for testing the BCSS lithium cooled, vanadium structure blanket concept in a tandem mirror fusion test reactor. The test module is intended to run at the correct stresses and temperatures of a segment of the blanket, while operating at reduced neutron wall loadings. Although this approach ties the effort to a single design and its issues, it tends to reveal interactions that might not be apparent if a more general approach were taken, and can lead to some useful general conclusions.