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Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES 2023)
December 10–14, 2023
New Orleans, LA|New Orleans Marriott
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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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DOE prepares for transition of Savannah River Site management
Personnel from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration recently gathered to discuss plans for the upcoming transfer of landlord responsibility for the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Richard Moore
Nuclear Technology | Volume 207 | Number 1 | December 2021 | Pages S374-S379
Critical Review | doi.org/10.1080/00295450.2021.1910004
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Rudolf Peierls’s account, written in July 1945, offers an insider’s view of the early development of the British atomic energy project and its relation to US work, and marginal notes from Sir James Chadwick shine a light on some of the associated politics. This account, preserved in the UK National Archives, is presented here for a wider interested audience, transcribed and with some explanatory notes.
