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Division Spotlight
Nuclear Criticality Safety
NCSD provides communication among nuclear criticality safety professionals through the development of standards, the evolution of training methods and materials, the presentation of technical data and procedures, and the creation of specialty publications. In these ways, the division furthers the exchange of technical information on nuclear criticality safety with the ultimate goal of promoting the safe handling of fissionable materials outside reactors.
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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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.
2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting TOFE Plenary Session
Dr Jones is an alumni of the UK’s Open University graduating with a BA in Engineering Science in 1992, BSc Hons in Materials Engineering in 1994 and a PhD in welding and materials engineering in 2003. Dr Jones began his career as a welding specialist apprentice within the Rolls-Royce power division in 1980 and has continued to pursue his passion for joining and materials science over the past 40years, where he has held positions across several high-value manufacturing and academic organisations that encompass aerospace, automotive, nuclear, marine and academia. In 2017 he became the Nuclear AMRC’s Chief Technology Officer and holds the position of Professor of Welding Technologies within the University of Sheffield, having been previously been Rolls-Royce’s Global Engineering Specialist for Joining science between 2005 and 2015 and Coventry University’s Professor of Joining and advanced engineering between 2015 and 2017. Dr Jones is responsible for developing and setting the Nuclear AMRC’s overall technology strategy and leads on the advancement of applied engineering and manufacturing practices into the UK’s fission and fusion power communities in addition to the UK’s NDA on behalf of the Nuclear AMRC. He also leads the High-Value Manufacturing Catapult’s Joining science strategy and is a Fellow of the Welding Institute, a UK delegated expert within the International Institute of Welding (IIW), a UK Committee representative for ASME BPVC Section IX and an active member of the UK’s RCC-M working group. His passion for continuing to develop and educate welding and materials engineers of the future is born out of his continuing support for the Welding Institute’s professional member community and regional branch activities, where he continues to mentor and provide financial recognition for outstanding commitment to individual’s career growth.
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