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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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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Fermilab center renamed after late particle physicist Helen Edwards
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory’s Integrated Engineering Research Center, which officially opened in January 2024, is now known as the Helen Edwards Engineering Center. The name was changed to honor the late particle physicist who led the design, construction, commissioning, and operation of the lab’s Tevatron accelerator and was part of the Water Resources Development Act signed by President Biden in December 2024, according to a Fermilab press release.
Technical Session|New and Advanced Reactors
Wednesday, August 23, 2023|10:45AM–12:25PM EDT|Gunston East/West
Session Chair:
Jun Liao (Westinghouse Electric Co.)
Alternate Chair:
Piyush Sabharwall
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Investigation of Hybrid Heat Pipe Shutdown Rod Concept of Microreactor as a Passive Safety System
10:45–11:05AM EDT
Dong Hun Lee (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology), In Cheol Bang (Ulsan Nat'l Institute Science and Technology)
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Thermal Stress Analysis for Heat Pipe Cooled Microreactor Core Varying Condenser Temperature
11:05–11:25AM EDT
Myung Jin Jeong (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), San Lee (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Jaeuk Im (Seoul Nat'l Univ.), Hyoung Kyu Cho (Seoul Nat'l Univ.)
Experimental Study on the Start-up Characteristics and Performance of a Ten Sodium Heat Pipe Bundle Array
11:25–11:45AM EDT
Pei-Hsun Huang (Univ. Michigan), Taehwan Ahn (Univ. Michigan), Annalisa Manera (Univ. Michigan), Victor Petrov (Univ. Michigan)
Nuclear Spaceship for Interplanetary Cruise Using a Micro Fast Reactor
11:45AM–12:05PM EDT
Tadashi Narabayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Study on Startup Characteristic of a Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Brayton Cycle Coupled with Heat Pipe Cooled Reactor
12:05–12:25PM EDT
Zheng Wang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Minghui Zhang (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Shihao Xu (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Junli Gou (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.), Jianqiang Shan (Xi’an Jiaotong Univ.)
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