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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.”
Gregory J. Van Tuyle, John C. Lee
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 75 | Number 3 | September 1980 | Pages 225-242
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A19055
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A linearized formulation of the basic fluid conservation equations for describing the dynamic behavior of nuclear steam generators is presented. The model utilizes a movable boundary spatial discretization technique in one-dimensional geometry and is capable of representing the transient behavior of integral-economizer once-through steam generator (IEOTSG) units in the time and frequency domains. A generalized boundary treatment algorithm is developed to place and track boundaries between heat transfer regimes on the secondary side of a steam generator. An enthalpy transport model is incorporated in a manner consistent with the movable boundary formulation to reduce the nonphysical representation of the in-cell distribution of enthalpy with long axial regions and weighting functions. Results of transient calculations performed with the linearized model agree well with other computational results, as well as with the experimental data obtained at a 19-tube IEOTSG test facility.