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The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
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A. C. Nelson, JR., W. S. Minkler
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 17 | Number 1 | September 1963 | Pages 101-110
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE63-A17215
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A general method has been developed for evaluating the effects of uncertainties in design variables on the ability of a core to meet various transient and steady-state limiting thermal criteria. The performance characteristics of interest are evaluated by digital computer at carefully selected points in the parameter regions of interest, and the results are fitted by least squares to a polynomial approximation. Statistical information and/or limiting values may be readily applied to this approximation to yield a bound on the probability that the thermal design limits will not be exceeded.
