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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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Senate committee hears from energy secretary nominee Chris Wright
Wright
Chris Wright, president-elect Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Energy, spent hours today fielding questions from members of the U.S. Senate’s committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
During the hearing, Wright—who’s spent most of his career in fossil fuels—made comments in support of nuclear energy and efforts to expand domestic generation in the near future. Asked what actions he would take as energy secretary to improve the development and deployment of SMRs, Wright said: “It’s a big challenge, and I’m new to government, so I can’t list off the five levers I can pull. But (I’ve been in discussions) about how to make it easier to research, to invest, to build things. The DOE has land at some of its facilities that can be helpful in this regard.”
Sanjay Gupta, Feroz Ahmed, Suresh Garg
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 125 | Number 3 | March 1997 | Pages 362-370
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE97-A24281
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Results are reported for the space-dependent neutron spectra and tritium breeding ratio (TBR) in a proposed Li + C blanket of a deuterium-tritium fusion reactor. The multigroup diffusion equation is solved as an eigenvalue problem for three concentrations of lithium in graphite. The effect on the value of TBR of increasing the fraction of low-energy neutrons in a completely thermalized source is studied. A comparison of neutron spectra as obtained in the Li + C and 3He + C systems is also made. The results show that TBR increases with the concentration of lithium in graphite as well as with the fraction of low-energy neutrons in the source. [Essentially the same value of TBR (= 0.277) is obtained for the Li + C system with a lithium to graphite concentration of 4 x 10-2 as for a 3He + C system with a natural density of 3He.] Moreover, TBR attains an almost constant value for assembly thicknesses greater than -20 cm. Also, if a source with an increased fraction of low-energy neutrons is used, the effect is more pronounced in the 3He + C system for the range of lithium concentrations considered.
