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Education, Training & Workforce Development
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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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DTE Energy studying uprate at Fermi-2, considers Fermi-3’s prospects
DTE Energy, the owner of Fermi nuclear power plant in Michigan, is considering an extended uprate for Unit 2 that would increase its 1,100-MW generation capacity by 150 MW.
Donald F. Shook, Donald Bogart, Donald L. Alger-and Robert A. Muller
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 26 | Number 4 | December 1966 | Pages 453-461
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE66-A18416
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Thermal-neutron flux perturbation factors have been measured for dysprosium - aluminum alloy foils in water and uranyl fluoride-water solutions. The foils are representative of a type widely used for thermal-neutron flux surveys. The measurements provide additional data for comparison with analytical calculations of foil perturbation factors in water. The uranyl fluoride-water solutions used comprise absorptive diffusion media different from water or graphite that have been studied exclusively in the past. The edges of the thicker dysprosium-aluminum foils used are a significant part of the total foil surface so that the data provide a test for several proposed edge corrections to perturbation factor calculations. The experimental perturbation factors are in good agreement with the predictions of published calculational methods except for the dimensionless generalization of Dalton and Osborn.