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Education, Training & Workforce Development
The Education, Training & Workforce Development Division provides communication among the academic, industrial, and governmental communities through the exchange of views and information on matters related to education, training and workforce development in nuclear and radiological science, engineering, and technology. Industry leaders, education and training professionals, and interested students work together through Society-sponsored meetings and publications, to enrich their professional development, to educate the general public, and to advance nuclear and radiological science and engineering.
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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
S. A. Letts, S. Bhandarkar, M. Stadermann, J. Birnbaum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 63-69
Technical Paper | Nineteenth Target Fabrication Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST10-3719
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Ultraviolet (UV)-cured adhesives are used to assemble targets for the National Ignition Campaign. Since cure behavior and adhesive strength are critical to successful, leak-free production of targets, it is desirable to establish a testing procedure to verify the viability of adhesives. To measure reaction conversion, we used Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, viscometry, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) each specially adapted to allow UV exposure within the measuring instrument. We found that photo-DSC was the most sensitive technique of those we investigated for measuring conversion and reaction rate. The effect of adhesive age was measured. We found that as adhesives aged the total heat of reaction dropped.