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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.
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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by Isotopes & Radiation
Friday, April 15, 2022|3:00–4:30PM CDT|Honors Room
Sponsored by ANS Isotopes & Radiation Division
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Decay Heat Calculations Using MCNP and ORIGEN
Roberto Fairhurst Agosta (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Tomasz Kozlowski (Univ. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
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Performance of Simulated Detector Responses in Training Neural Networks for Neutron Spectrum Unfolding
James C. McGreivy (Nuclear Science and Security Consortium), Daniel J. Siefman (LLNL), Juan Manfredi (Nuclear Science and Security Consortium)
Predicted Dose of Activated Soil Around a Molten Salt Research Reactor
Michenna Allen (Univ. Texas, Austin), JohnPeter Bekker (Univ. Texas, Austin), Joseph L. Lapka (Univ. Texas, Austin), Khiloni Shah (University of Texas), Derek Haas (Univ. Texas, Austin)
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