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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.”
E. Greenspan, P. Levin, A. Kinrot
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1026-1031
Shielding Neutronic | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40168
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Possibilities for improving the performance of conventional 60 cm thick uniform composition Fe-H2O shields backed by a B4C layer are investigated. The maximum heating rate in the superconducting coils due to (1) Optimally distributing the Fe and H2O across the shield; (2) Optimally distributing the Fe, H2O and B4C; (3) Using TiH2 as the primary hydrogeneous material; (4) Using tungsten instead of iron; and (5) Using a tungsten-copper composite material instead of tungsten, is found to be, respectively, 1.6, 3.6, 6, 32 and 56 times lower than in the reference shield. The development and use of tungsten-, and TiH2-based composite materials for improving the performance and/or economical attractiveness of radiation shields is proposed.
