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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
Standards Program
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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Technical Session|Sponsored by THD
Wednesday, June 14, 2023|8:00–9:45AM EDT|Marriott 2
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse)
Session Organizer:
Alternate Chair:
Joseph Seo (TAMU)
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Progress of Westinghouse LFR Safety Case and Safety Analysis
8:00–8:20AM EDT
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Jim Scobel (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Luciano Maniaci (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Andrea Maioli (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Guido Gerra (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard Rolland III (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Oleg Boychenko (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Megan E. Durse (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Daniel L. Wise (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Cory Stansbury (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Richard F. Wright (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Paolo Ferroni (Westinghouse Electric Co.), Sung Jin Lee (Fauske & Assoc.), Michael Epstein (Fauske & Assoc.)
Paper
RELAP5-3D Solutions to Exercise 1 of the OECD-NEA HTTF Benchmark
8:20–8:40AM EDT
Robert F. Kile (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville), Aaron S. Epiney (INL), Nicholas R. Brown (Univ. Tennessee, Knoxville)
X-ray Imaging of Flow Phenomena Within Sodium Heat Pipes for Microreactor Applications
8:40–9:00AM EDT
Erik M. Tillman (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Gregory F. Nellis (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison), Mark H. Anderson (Univ. Wisconsin, Madison)
Fast Modular Reactor Core Flow Channel Analysis
9:00–9:20AM EDT
Jonathan Rohrbacher (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Oscar Gutierrez (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems), Hangbok Choi (General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems)
Digital Twin and Prediction of Temperature Distribution for Thermosyphon Heat Pipe Using LSTM
9:20–9:40AM EDT
Ik Jae Jin (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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