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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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Vogtle-3 shuts down for valve issue
One of the new Vogtle units in Georgia was shut down unexpectedly on Monday last week for a valve issue that has since been investigated and repaired. According to multiple local news outlets, Georgia Power reported on July 17 that Unit 3 was back in service.
Southern Company spokesperson Jacob Hawkins confirmed that Vogtle-3 went off line at 9:25 p.m. local time on July 8 “due to lowering water levels in the steam generators caused by a valve issue on one of the three main feedwater pumps.”
R.A.H. Edwards, P. Pacenti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1478-1484
Tritium Waste Management and Discharge Control | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology In Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30621
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Detriation studies are critical for assessing the feasibility and costs of the ITER disposal plan for tritiated waste. A flexible apparatus has been commissioned for studying the detritiation of hard waste samples, by heating, melting, or dissolving them in molten metal. It is installed in a new laboratory approved for the simultaneous handling of tritium and beryllium. R.F. heating means the specimen temperature is limited only by the crucible material. A filter confines beryllium contamination to the silica glass specimen tube. There is independent control of carrier gas flow rate and pressure at any value between 10−7 mbar and 1 bar. All tubing is warmed to allow the use of wet carrier gases, and to reduce tritium memory. No organic materials are used. A specially constructed low-memory bakable ionization chamber and all-glass bubbler-set enable sensitive measurements of the tritium outgassing with minimised memory effects.