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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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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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Denmark Technical College graduates 24 new apprentices for Savannah River
The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina recently began onboarding 24 graduates from Denmark Technical College in Denmark, S.C., as part of SRS’s Production Operator Apprentice School.
B. Peter McGrail
Nuclear Technology | Volume 123 | Number 1 | July 1998 | Pages 82-89
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management and Disposal | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2881
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Analytical solutions to the unsteady diffusion equation in spherical geometry are presented for uniform and composite porous media. In this case, a Neumann (prescribed flux) boundary condition is assumed as opposed to a Dirichlet (prescribed concentration) boundary condition used in previously published derivations. For radionuclides that have very high solubility under a given set of geochemical conditions, such as 99Tc and 79Se under oxidizing conditions, a prescribed flux boundary condition is more appropriate.