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Robotics & Remote Systems
The Mission of the Robotics and Remote Systems Division is to promote the development and application of immersive simulation, robotics, and remote systems for hazardous environments for the purpose of reducing hazardous exposure to individuals, reducing environmental hazards and reducing the cost of performing work.
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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|4:50–6:30PM EST
Session Chair:
Arnie Lumsdaine (ORNL)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Heat transport augmentation using vibration material excited by boiling bubbles for heat removal from divertor
Noriyuki Unno (Tokyo University of Science), Shin-ichi Satake (Tokyo University of Science), Jun Taniguchi, Kazuhisa Yuki
Paper
W emissivity and surface temperature in ITER
Dominique Guilhem (CEA Cadarache)
Predicted Heat Flux Performance of Actively CooledTungsten-Armored Graphitic Foam Monoblocks
Douglas Wolfe (ARL/PSU), Brian Williams (Ultramet, Inc.), James Klett (ORNL), Dennis Youchison (ORNL)
Reference — Summary
Determining the poloidal distribution W sourcing by light impurities and heating method in the fully W PFC in WEST
C. C. Klepper, W. R. Wampler, E. Tsitrone, J.-Y. Pascal, A. L. Neff, J. P. Gunn, N. Fedorczak, C. Desgranges, G. Ciraolo, A. Gallo, Ezekial Unterberg (ORNL)
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