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Division Spotlight
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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Nuclear Science and Engineering
August 2024
Nuclear Technology
July 2024
Fusion Science and Technology
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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.
General Chair:
Jason Jeffries (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Program Chair:
Kiel Holliday (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
Local Organizing Committee:
Jason Jeffries (LLNL)
Kiel Holliday (LLNL)
Tien Roehling (LLNL)
Emily Moore (LLNL)
Program Committee:
Thomas Albrecht-Schoenzart (Col. School of Mines)
Allen Dalton (NNSA/HQ)
Dallas Reilly (PNNL)
Gauthier Deblonde (LLNL)
Paul Roussel (AWE)
Scott Donald (LLNL)
Tarik Saleh (LANL)
Krzysztof Gofryk (INL)
Moritz Schmidt (HZDR)
Matthew Higginson (AWE)
David Shuh (LBNL)
Amy Hixon (Notre Dame)
Vijay Varsani (AWE)
Nina Huittinen (Univ. of Berlin)
Richard Wilson (ANL)
Rudy Konings (JRC)
Ping Yang (LANL)
Alexander Landa (LLNL)
Mavrik Zavarin (LLNL)
Boris Maiorov (LANL)
International Advisory Committee:
Scott Bazley (AWE)
Yoshinori Haga (JAEA)
Herve Bernard (CEA)
Ladislav Havela (Charles Univ., Prague)
Kerri Blobaum (LLNL)
Siegfried Hecker (Stanford Univ.)
Roberto Caciuffo (JRC)
Gerry Lander (ILL)
Herve Chollet (CEA)
Scott McCall (LLNL)
David Clark (LANL)
Sarah Nelson (NNSA/HQ)
Rodney Ewing (Stanford Univ.)
Alistair Parkes (AWE)
Thomas Fanghanel (JRC)
Franz Freibert (LANL)
Gerrit van der Laan (Diamon Light Source)
Philippe Gilbaud (CEA)
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