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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.
C. Sastre
Nuclear Technology | Volume 23 | Number 2 | August 1974 | Pages 142-145
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safeguards (Presented at November 1973 Meeting) / Safeguard | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31447
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Security sealing systems for nuclear materials safeguards are based on tamper indicating and fingerprinted seals. The trend in fingerprinting development is based on random manufacturing process. A present design for fingerprinted seals uses an internally referenced optical alignment technique to provide unaided observation of a digital fingerprint.
