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ANS, UCOR sign MOU for workforce development program
The American Nuclear Society and United Cleanup Oak Ridge have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a framework for collaboration to advance ANS workforce training and certification programs serving the nuclear industry.
According to the document, UCOR will provide “operational insights and subject matter expertise to inform ANS’s professional development and credentialing offerings, including the Certified Nuclear Professional [CNP] program.” The collaboration will strengthen UCOR’s workforce development efforts while advancing ANS’s mission to sustain and expand the national nuclear workforce pipeline and capabilities.
A. Boltax, P. Murray, A. Biancheria
Nuclear Technology | Volume 9 | Number 3 | September 1970 | Pages 326-337
Fuel Element Performance Model | Symposium on Theoretical Models for Predicting In-Reactor Performance of Fuel and Cladding Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT70-A28787
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The status of fast reactor mixed-oxide fuel performance model development, involving the OLYMPUS and CYGRO-F codes, is reviewed. Input information in several critical areas is examined including: the swelling, irradiation creep, and ductility of stainless-steel cladding; and the swelling and plasticity of mixed-oxide fuel. The predictions from the two codes are illustrated by parametric studies and application to high fluence/burnup ratio fuel rods of interest to the LMFBR program. The analytical studies indicate the major effects of stainless-steel swelling on fuel rod performance and the relationship between fuel density and cladding creep strain.