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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.
Hirotaka Furuya, Masumichi Koizumi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 28 | Number 2 | February 1976 | Pages 226-234
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT76-A31563
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The surface diffusion of plutonium on uranium dioxide was measured in the temperature range from 1400 to 1830°C using a tracer method. A (U,Pu)O2 point source was placed and heated on the polished surface of a UO2 diffusion pellet. In the low-temperature range from 1400 to 1670°C, the product of the surface diffusion coefficient and high diffusivity surface layer, Ds · δ, was expressed by the equation As the temperature of diffusion anneal increases, the transport of some tracer atoms from the point source to the pellet surface appeared. In the temperature range from 1640 to 1830°C, the product, Ds · δ, was expressed by the equation