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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
Klaus Leinemann, Rainer Meyder, Horst Schnauder, Dieter Smidt
Nuclear Technology | Volume 71 | Number 1 | October 1985 | Pages 125-130
Technical Paper | Fission Rector | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33714
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The operators of nuclear power plants are generally trained to handle a standardized set of typical accidents. This set is designed to define a package containing the event combinations that might be hypothesized. Because of the large number of hypothetical events, diagnostic ability requires continuous training. The development of, and experience with, a flexible training device is described that basically presents realtime scenarios. It could be shown that even complex events can be displayed successfully. Real plant transients as well as those calculated with sophisticated computer codes can be displayed. Test sessions with responsible technical personnel at reactor plants in the Federal Republic of Germany demonstrated the capabilities of the system.