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Division Spotlight
Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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.
Decommissioning Environmental Science and Remote Technology 2021 Speaker
Betsy Forinash is the Director for the Infrastructure Management and Disposition Policy Office in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management, whose mission is the cleanup of sites contaminated by the legacy of nuclear weapons development and production from the Manhattan Project and since. Her current role is focused on environmental remediation, facility decommissioning, and long-term stewardship at DOE sites.
At DOE, Betsy previously led programs related to radioactive waste management and disposal. Prior to DOE, she spent 15 years in regulatory and oversight programs at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant and Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repositories, radioactive air emissions, contaminated site clean-up, naturally-occurring radioactive materials, and radiological emergency preparedness. She also worked for five years at the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, based in Paris, with international expert groups on strategic and technical aspects of radioactive waste disposal.
Betsy holds a BS degree from Duke University (go, Blue Devils!) and an MS from Northwestern University, both in civil engineering.
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