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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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Argonne’s METL gears up to test more sodium fast reactor components
Argonne National Laboratory has successfully swapped out an aging cold trap in the sodium test loop called METL (Mechanisms Engineering Test Loop), the Department of Energy announced April 23. The upgrade is the first of its kind in the United States in more than 30 years, according to the DOE, and will help test components and operations for the sodium-cooled fast reactors being developed now.
J. R. Berreth, A. P. Hoskins, J. A. Rindfleisch
Nuclear Technology | Volume 32 | Number 1 | January 1977 | Pages 16-24
Technical Paper | Materials in Waste Storage / Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31733
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Corrosion measurements on stainless-steel bins used to store high-level waste (HLW) calcines at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant indicate an internal corrosion rate of 0.13 mm over 500 yr. From a corrosion standpoint, the existing bins or canisters stored in air will last more than 500 yr. Synthetic commercial HLWs solidified by fluidized-bed calcination have been stabilized (nitrates and water removed) at 620 to 720°C to permit their storage in sealed canisters. Heat transfer properties in the canister storage of the basic HLW forms were calculated, based on specified canister configurations, cooling media, and maximum permissible product or canister wall temperature, for a 1500 MTU/yr commercial reprocessing plant. The number of canisters required annually varies from ∼150 to 800 canisters/yr.
