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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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.
ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 speaker
Professor Townsend has over four decades of experience researching nuclear interactions of cosmic rays and their implications for space radiation shielding and crew protection and is among the top 1% of cited researchers in the world-wide aerospace science community. He has a BS in Physics from the U.S. Naval Academy, an MS in Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School, and PhD in Physics from the University of Idaho. He served as a nuclear submarine engineer officer (1970-1977). From 1981 - 1995, he was a NASA Research Scientist/Senior Research Scientist. In 1993, he received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement. In 1995, he retired from NASA and joined the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, retiring in 2017. He is an ANS Fellow, an HPS Fellow, and Associate Fellow of the AIAAA. In 2020 he was elected to membership in the International Academy of Astronautics.
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