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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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.
Friday, May 10, 2024|7:00AM–1:00PM MDT
Pickup at the La Fonda On the Plaza ( 100 E. San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501)
SOLD OUT
Cost: $45 (Transportation cost)
Hosted by the Manhattan National Historical Park team at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), this tour will give you the opportunity to travel "behind the fence" on Laboratory property. You’ll visit Pajarito Laboratory, now called Technical Area 18, and discover everything from Los Alamos’ incredible prehistory to the beginning of the modern Laboratory – and, of course, the Manhattan Project. We’ll view the Pond Cabin, where Emilio Segrè’s Radioactivity Group made the pivotal discovery that the "Thin Man" plutonium bomb design would not work. You'll also see a battleship bunker used to protect equipment and staff during implosion design explosives testing and visit the site of Louis Slotin’s criticality accident.
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