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The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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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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.
Technical Session|Sponsored by RPSD
Wednesday, December 1, 2021|2:35–4:00PM EST |Gunston
Session Chair:
Lawrence H. Heilbronn
Alternate Chair:
Jeffrey Favorite (LANL)
Session Organizer:
Lucas M. Rolison
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Breakdown of Assumptions for 1D Radiation Transport in Air: Considerations for Detector Response
2:40–3:00PM EST
M.L. Mika (Univ. of Florida), L. M. Rolison (LANL), M. L. Fensin (LANL)
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Outlook on Adjoint Radiation Transport Tool for Active-Passive Shielding Analysis
3:00–3:20PM EST
Luke Stegeman (Kansas State Univ.), Stojan M. Madzunkov (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Dan Fry (NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center), Amir A. Bahadori (Kansas State Univ.)
Computational Assessment of Single Event Upset Rates for 55 SRAMs Assumed on Board the Aircraft Flying from Taipei to Various Destinations
3:20–3:40PM EST
Zi-Yi Yang (Institute of Nuclear Energy Research), Yen-Ting Wen (National Tsing Hua Univ.), Rong-Jiun Sheu (National Tsing Hua Univ.)
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