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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.
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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.
Technology of Fusion Energy (TOFE) 2020 Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Fusion Energy
Wednesday, November 18, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST
Session Chair:
Sergey Smolentsev (UCLA)
Staff Producer:
Mary Tong (American Nuclear Society)
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Anomalous fluctuations in pipes and ducts in strong magnetic fields
Oleg Zikanov (UMich Dearborn), Ivan Belyaev, Yaroslav Listratov, Ruslan Akhmedagaev
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Implementation of a system-level magnetohydrodynamic model in the GETTHEM code for the analysis of the EU DEMO WCLL Breeding Blanket
Roberto Zanino, Gandolfo Alessandro Spagnuolo, Laura Savoldi, Alessandro Del Nevo, Andrea Batti, Antonio Froio (Politecnico di Torino)
Tritium handling in the lithium lead breeder of DEMO reactor
Serena Bassini, Alessandro Venturini, Fabio Di Fonzo, Luigi Candido, Marco Utili (ENEA)
Curved, flowing meter-long liquid metal walls and ceilings controlled by electromagnetic and centrifugal forces
Ruben R. Diaz-Pacheco, Seyyed H.M. Mirhoseini, Francesco Volpe (Renaissance Fusion)
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