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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Radiation Protection and Shielding Division 2024 (RPSD 2024)
Lydia Tai has been a health physicist for the National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) in Livermore, California since 2019. As part of the multidisciplinary operations team at NARAC, she supports emergency planning and response activities and manages NARAC’s international collaborations. Lydia has over 18 years of experience in the Department of Energy complex in both federal and contractor organizations. Her past roles include managing the internal and external dosimetry programs for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and supporting federal oversight of safety programs for the Nevada Field Office.
Lydia has a Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Science in Radiation Health Physics from Oregon State University, Corvallis. She has been a Certified Health Physicist since 2016.
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