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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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
Tuesday, September 27, 2022|1:15–3:20PM PDT|Harbor
Session Chair:
Anna Ferrari (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Alternate Chair:
Kyle Grammer (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Rui Qiu (Tsinghua Univ.)
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Radiation Protection at Laser-Driven Accelerator Facilities: The ELI Beamlines Case
1:15–1:40PM PDT
A. Cimmino (ELI Beamlines), R. Versaci (ELI Beamlines), V. Olšovcová (ELI Beamlines), D. Horváth (ELI Beamlines), B. Lefebvre (ELI Beamlines), V. Stránský (ELI Beamlines), R. Truneček (ELI Beamlines)
Paper
Radiation Field Characterization and Shielding Assessment at Ultra-Intense Laser Facilities
1:40–2:05PM PDT
Anna Ferrari (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Josefine Metzkes-Ng (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Maria Molodtsova (Technische Univ. Dresden), Stephan Kraft (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf), Thomas E. Cowan (Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf)
Review of Radiation Protection Studies on the X-Ray Generated from Laser-Solid Interactions
2:05–2:30PM PDT
Rui Qiu (Tsinghua Univ.), Shuoyang Wei (Tsinghua Univ.), Honghu Song (Tsinghua Univ.), Hui Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Junli Li (Tsinghua Univ.)
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An Active Bremsstrahlung Spectrometer for Bremsstrahlung Photons Generated from Ultra-Short and Ultra-High Laser Facilities
2:30–2:55PM PDT
Honghu Song (Tsinghua Univ.), Rui Qiu (Tsinghua Univ.), Hui Zhang (Tsinghua Univ.), Zhen Wu (Tsinghua Univ.), Junli Li (Tsinghua Univ.)
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