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Division Spotlight
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.
Meeting Spotlight
Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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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Ontario eyes new nuclear development
A 1,300-acre site left undeveloped on the shores of Lake Ontario four decades ago could see new life as the home to a large nuclear facility.
Li Jiang, Ge Gao, Zhengyi Huang, Jie Zhang, Peng Wu, Xuesong Xu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 2 | February 2022 | Pages 96-102
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1957369
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
According to the ITER requirement, the availability of the poloidal field (PF) coil power supply system must be 98.3% during the life cycle of ITER. In order to meet this requirement, Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Inspectability (RAMI) analysis has been applied for analyzing the availability and reliability of the PF power supply system. First, the function analyses, which are described using the Integration Definition Function–language Ø or IDEFØ model are performed. Second, the failure mode effect and criticality analyses are used to calculate the risk level, present the potential causes and effects, and provide the risk mitigation actions to reduce the risk level for each failure. Third, the reliability block diagram is built to simulate the availability and reliability of the system. RAMI analysis provides a method that can be followed to improve the availability and reliability of the system, and from the results, the design requirement can be satisfied.
