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Argonne: Where AI research meets education and training
Last September, in the Chicago suburb of Lemont, Ill., Argonne National Laboratory hosted its first AI STEM Education Summit. More than 180 educators from high schools, community colleges, and universities; STEM administrators; and experts in various disciplines convened at “One Ecosystem, Many Pathways–Building an AI-Ready STEM Workforce” to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping STEM-related industries, including the implications for the nuclear engineering classroom and workforce.
George H. Winslow, A. Lee Harkness
Nuclear Technology | Volume 36 | Number 2 | December 1977 | Pages 163-166
Technical Paper | International Safeguard / Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT77-A31922
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A five-member team from the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna conducted a plutonium inventory verification at Argonne National Laboratory in February 1976. The presence of 45.706 kg of total plutonium, 88.184% fissile, was demonstrated as a substitute for Japanese-owned plutonium held in almost inaccessible storage by Westinghouse. An attributes check made by gamma counting and a variables check made calori-metrically verified to 95% certainty that the inventory was not smaller than the book value by 2.4% or more. It was estimated that 200 man-hours went into the effort. There were only a few minor snags, and those involved found it an interesting and instructive experience.