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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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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Feinstein Institutes to research novel radiation countermeasure
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, home of the research institutes of New York’s Northwell Health, announced it has received a five-year, $2.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the potential of human ghrelin, a naturally occurring hormone, as a medical countermeasure against radiation-induced gastrointestinal syndrome (GI-ARS).
Educational Session|Panel|Plant Reliability
Monday, August 8, 2022|3:30–5:00PM EDT|Banyan 2
Session Chair:
Emmett Wilmes (MPR)
Track Organizer:
Knowledge Manager:
Ashley Bridgmon (Southern Co.)
Plants use many processes to manage and maintain equipment reliability. These process are leveraged by site personnel to identify, prioritize, and address equipment health risks. Challenges abound with these processes, including the amount of time required to populate tools, the number of processes used and their lack integration, and the method by which key information from these processes is packaged for site management. This session will have two main areas of discussion. The first will be a discussion on two innovative ways that Southern Nuclear is improving processes to increase equipment reliability - automated system health reports and an integrated vulnerability management tool. The second will be a panel discussion with several utilities to explore other challenges with equipment reliability processes. Topics will include identifying and leveraging internal OE, corporate governance, oversight, support, perform (GOSP) models, system vulnerability assessments, and long term asset management plans.
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