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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
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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
Thursday, October 7, 2021|8:30–10:10AM EDT
Session Chair:
Benjamin Betzler (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Shawn D. Pautz (Sandia National Laboratory)
Student Producer:
Joe Coale (NC State Univ.)
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Stability Analysis of Spatial Discretisation in Burn-Up Calculations
8:30–8:55AM EDT
P. Cosgrove (Univ. of Cambridge), N. Adamowicz (Univ. of Michigan)
Paper
Modeling of the Dynamic Reactivity Effect on Account of Periodical Fluctuation in Fuel Medium
8:55–9:20AM EDT
A. Cherezov (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology), D. Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute of Science and Technology)
Solving Advection Problems with Isotopic Evolution with SCALE/ORIGEN
9:20–9:45AM EDT
Jin Whan Bae (ORNL), Benjamin R. Betzler (ORNL), William A. Wieselquist (ORNL)
Recent Advances in the Stability Analysis of Burn-Up Calculations
9:45–10:10AM EDT
N. Adamowicz (Univ. of Michigan), P. Cosgrove (Univ. of Cambridge)
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