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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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DOE-EM awards $37.5M to Vanderbilt University for nuclear cleanup support
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on January 16 that it has awarded a noncompetitive financial assistance agreement worth $37.5 million to Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., to aid the department’s mission of cleaning up legacy nuclear waste.
J. C. Carter, Nye F. Morehouse, Jr.
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 9 | Number 3 | March 1961 | Pages 362-366
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25888
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The study of reactor control systems for large excursions has presented considerable difficulty on both analog and digital computers. Two simple transformations are derived which permit an accurate solution of such systems over many decades on an analog computer.