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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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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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DOE extends Centrus’s HALEU production contract by one year
Centrus Energy has announced that it has secured a contract extension from the Department of Energy to continue—for one year—its ongoing high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) production at the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio, at an annual rate of 900 kilograms of HALEU UF6. According to Centrus, the extension is valued at about $110 million through June 30, 2026.
E. Greenspan
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 74 | Number 3 | June 1980 | Pages 185-192
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE80-A20118
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Perturbation theory for the coupled set of nonlinear equations of hydrodynamics describing inertially confined pellet fusion systems is developed based on a physical model similar to that embodied in the laser fusion code MEDUSA. Toward this end, a set of hydrodynamic adjoint equations and importance functions are defined. The perturbation theory presented can be an efficient tool for estimating the effects of many different alterations in the data field and design variables on a system performance parameter. Applications of this perturbation theory to sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of pellet fusion systems are discussed.
