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Maine Maritime Academy to offer nuclear engineering technology major
The Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) is set to become the first maritime academy in the United States to offer a major in nuclear engineering technology. The college characterized it as “an important step in addressing workforce needs and advancing clean energy solutions” in a LinkedIn post announcing the major.
Georgeta Radulescu, Donny Hartanto, Friederike Bostelmann, William A. Wieselquist
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 200 | Number 2 | February 2026 | Pages 246-256
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2025.2503125
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The study results presented in this paper demonstrate the capabilities of the SCALE computer code for non–light water reactor (non-LWR) radiation source term and shielding calculations in support of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission non-LWR fuel cycle demonstration project. Representative non-LWR types, including the sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR), the molten salt reactor (MSR), and the heat pipe microreactor (HPMR), were analyzed to evaluate dose rates associated with postulated accident scenarios (SFR and MSR), reactor operation (MSR and HPMR), and fuel self-protecting characteristics (HPMR). New features were implemented in SCALE depletion codes to better simulate MSR operation.