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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference
Technical Session
Tuesday, November 15, 2022|1:00–2:45PM MST|Mesquite
Session Chair:
James Goode (UK NNL)
Alternate Chair:
Steve Skutnik (ORNL)
Session Organizer:
Brady Hanson (PNNL)
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Measurement of Aerosol Transmission Through a Stress Corrosion Crack-Like Geometry
1:00–1:20PM MST
Samuel Durbin (Sandia), Ramon Pulido (Sandia), Philip Jones (Sandia), Adrian Perales (Sandia)
Paper
Applications of a New Probability Methodology for Corrosion Propagation Rate with Confidence Bounds for Dry Storage Canister Safety
1:20–1:40PM MST
Joshua Hoskinson (Colorado School of Mines), William Navidi (Colorado School of Mines), Zeev Shayer (Univ. New Mexico)
Environmental Impacts on Thermal Performance of Spent Fuel Storage Systems
1:40–2:00PM MST
David J. Richmond (PNNL), Ben J. Jensen (PNNL)
Developments into Understanding Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Canister Surface Environments
2:00–2:20PM MST
A.W. Knight (Sandia), R. Katona (Sandia), M. Maguire (Sandia), B. Nation (Sandia), J.M. Taylor (Sandia), R.F. Schaller (Sandia), C.R. Bryan (Sandia)
Towards Structural Integrity Investigations of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies with Finite Element Analysis
2:20–2:40PM MST
Olympios Alifieris (Nagra), Efstathios Vlassopoulos (Nagra), Susanne Pudollek (Nagra), Michail Hadjigeorgiou (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne), Dimitrios Papaioannou (European Commission, JRC), Ramil Nasyrow (European Commission, JRC), Vincenzo V. Rondinella (European Commission, JRC), Stefano Caruso (Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant)
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