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The Nuclear Family: Empowering parents and caregivers
The Diversity and Inclusion in ANS Committee is hosting a webinar today to celebrate the contributions of parents in the nuclear industry while fostering diversity and inclusion within the community.
Register now: The webinar, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET, will highlight how the nuclear industry supports caregivers, new parents, and new mothers, and will focus on life transitions and parental responsibilities.
Steven D. Clement
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 145 | Number 1 | September 2003 | Pages 72-83
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE03-A2364
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Much of the research performed at the Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility (LACEF) today is in direct support of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA's) Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP). A key component of this support includes performing high-priority critical and subcritical experiments and then analyzing and documenting those experiments as benchmarks for the International Criticality Safety Benchmark Evaluation Project (ICSBEP). The current complement of five operational critical assemblies is described, and an overview of LACEF support for the DOE/NNSA NCSP and the ICSBEP is presented.