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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.”
David S. Zuckerman, Raymond J. Puigh
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 974-979
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-A40160
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In order to test the reliability and compatibility of first-wall/blanket components for a fusion engineering test reactor, it is important to determine the interactive effects between properties of different materials which are in contact or close proximity. This paper describes an approach to the selection and design of subscale interactive testing for fusion nuclear components, and gives two examples of interactive tests which can be performed in current fission- and accelerator-based neutron sources. The goal of these interactive tests is to analyze the behavior of nuclear components (such as the first wall and blanket) in a fusion engineering test reactor in order to verify predictions of their lifetimes and failure modes.
