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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.
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.
International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management 2022 Speaker
Hank Jenkins-Smith is a George Lynn Cross Research Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Oklahoma and serves as Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (IPPRA). Professor Jenkins-Smith has published books and articles on public policy, national security, natural disasters, and energy and environmental policy. He has served on National Research Council Committees, as an elected member on the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, and as a member of the governing Council of the American Political Science Association.Dr. Jenkins-Smith’s current research focuses on theories of the public policy change, with particular emphasis on the management (and mismanagement) of controversial issues involving high risk perceptions on the part of the public. Recently he has worked extensively on social and behavioral aspects of public health utilizing NSF funding to study COVID-19 related behaviors, producing academic papers and a co-authored monograph (Cambridge University Press). Much of Dr. Jenkins-Smith’s research is based on the IPPRA’s substantial investment in data collection infrastructure – utilizing both social media and survey data – that enables both long-term and real-time monitoring of the social and policy contexts in which public health, security, and environmental programs operate. In his spare time, Professor Jenkins-Smith engages in personal experiments in managing risk (and benefit!) via skiing, motorcycling and back-country hiking
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