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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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2024 ANS Winter Conference and Expo
November 17–21, 2024
Orlando, FL|Renaissance Orlando at SeaWorld
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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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Keeping up with Kewaunee
In October 2012, Dominion Energy announced it was closing the Kewaunee nuclear power plant, a two-loop 574-MWe pressurized water reactor located about 27 miles southeast of Green Bay, Wis., on the western shore of Lake Michigan. At the time, Dominion said the plant was running well, but that low wholesale electricity prices in the region made it uneconomical to continue operation of the single-unit merchant power plant.
G. Desaussure, K. Henry, R. Perez-Belles
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 3 | March 1961 | Pages 291-298
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25879
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The reactivity worth of a plate-type fuel element at the center of a critical lattice of such elements has been experimentally determined by the pulsed-neutron method. This value has not been previously established because it is too large to be obtained by conventional inhour techniques. The value obtained for the Bulk Shielding Reactor-I Loading No. 78 was Δρ = 6.1 ± 0.5 dollars. Additional measurements of a configuration in which the central element was replaced by an element containing either one-half or three-quarters of a normal fuel element loading are discussed.