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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.
P. A. Carlson, W. K. Kratzer
Nuclear Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | March 1976 | Pages 383-387
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31520
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The N Reactor is equipped with 12 horizontal U-tube steam generators. Originally, these contained Type 304 stainless-steel tubes. From 1964 through 1971, ten were retubed with Inconel-600 tubes because severe stress corrosion cracking was experienced in stainless-steel tubes. Tube performance is monitored by eddy-current examinations, tube removals for destructive examination, and checking for radioactivity in the secondary system. The results of this program show that no significant corrosion has occurred in the Inconel-600 tubes in 11 yr of service. Five tube leaks have occurred in the two remaining units with Type 304 stainless-steel tubes over the same period.