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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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.
July 31–August 4, 2017
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada|Hilton Quebec
The Expanding Universe of Accelerator Applications L'expansion de l'univers des applications d'accélérateurs The 13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (AccApp '17) will be hosted at the Hilton Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada from July 31-August 4, 2017. All meeting activities, plenary sessions, technical sessions and exhibits will be held at the hotel. Hotel room block is now open! The special group rate for the conference starts at $229.00 per night, CAD. A limited number of rooms are reserved at this rate. Reservation Link: Hilton Quebec Hotel Hotel Information: 1100, Rene-Levesque Blvd. East Haute Ville, Quebec, QC G1R 4P3 Reservations must be made by June 30, 2017, or before the group rooms are sold out. Prevailing hotel rates may apply after this date or when the group rooms are sold out, whichever occurs first.
General Chair:
Philip Cole (Professor, Idaho State University)
General Co-Chair:
Adriaan Buijs (Professor, McMaster University)
Technical Program Chair:
Aliz Simon (IAEA)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Andrei Afanasev (Professor, George Washington University)
Blair Bromley (Reactor Physicist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)