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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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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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Christmas Night
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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by NISD
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|12:00–2:10PM EST
Session Chair:
Matthew Bucknor (ANL)
Alternate Chair:
David S. Grabaskas
Session Organizer:
Andrew J. Clark
Staff Producer:
Julie Bry (American Nuclear Society)
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Structures, Systems, and Components Classification Criteria for the Versatile Test Reactor
David S. Grabaskas (Argonne National Laboratory), Dennis W. Henneke (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Matthew Warner (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Jonathan Li (GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy), Doug M. Gerstner (Idaho National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory), Jason P. Andrus (Idaho National Laboratory)
Paper
Comparison of the NACOM Sodium Fire Code with the AB5 and AB6 Experiments
Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory), Anton Moisseytsev (Argonne National Laboratory), James J. Sienicki (Argonne National Laboratory)
Comparison of the SOFIRE II Sodium Fire Code with the AB1 and F2 Experiments
Anton Moisseytsev (Argonne National Laboratory), Matthew D. Bucknor (Argonne National Laboratory), James J. Sienicki (Argonne National Laboratory)
Flame Sheet Model for Sodium Pool Burning
James J. Sienicki (Argonne National Laboratory)
Verification and Validation of SAS4A/SASSYS-1 for the Versatile Test Reactor: RVACS
Thomas H. Fanning (Argonne National Laboratory), Lander Ibarra (Argonne National Laboratory), Daniel O'Grady (Argonne National Laboratory), Acacia J. Brunett (Argonne National Laboratory), Su-Jong Yoon (Idaho National Laboratory), Frederick N. Gleicher (Idaho National Laboratory), Nolan Anderson (Idaho National Laboratory), Carlo Parisi (Idaho National Laboratory)
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