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Grant awarded for advanced reactor workforce needs in southeast U.S.
North Carolina State University and the Electric Power Research Institute have been awarded a $500,000 grant by the NC Collaboratory for “An Assessment to Define Advanced Reactor Workforce Needs,” a project that aims to investigate job needs to help enable new nuclear development and deployment in North Carolina and surrounding areas.
L. C. Longoria, J. C. Palacios, J. Santos
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 133 | Number 2 | October 1999 | Pages 213-217
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE99-A2083
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Measurements of gamma emission rates from Fe and Cu dosimeters extracted from a boiling water reactor-type reactor vessel were carried out to determine their total activity. The dosimeter's activity is related to the neutron flux at that location by taking into account the reactor material's embrittlement caused by neutron bombardment. The dosimeters were taken out after the first reactor operation cycle. From gamma radioactivity measurements of these dosimeters, neutron flux and fluence were calculated. These parameters are used in the determination of the shift and adjusted reference temperature values needed for the development of pressure-temperature curves used during reactor operation.