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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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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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Terrestrial Energy looks at EnergySolutions-owned sites for IMSR plants
Advanced reactor developer Terrestrial Energy and Utah-based waste management company EnergySolutions announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on the siting and deployment of Terrestrial Energy’s integral molten salt reactor plants at EnergySolutions-owned sites.
Akio Yamamoto, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Tomohiro Endo
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 183 | Number 1 | May 2016 | Pages 39-51
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE15-102
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
New discontinuity factors (DFs), i.e., individual and common DFs, for the simplified P3 (SP3) theory are proposed. In the individual DFs, two DFs are used for zeroth- and second-order angular moments in order to preserve first- and third-order angular moments of SP3 at a surface of the homogenized region. Contrarily, the same value of DF is used for zeroth- and second-order angular moments, and the first-order angular moment is preserved in the common DF. Theoretical derivation for these DFs are described, and then, actual numerical calculation procedures for these DFs are explained. Verification results in color-set geometries loaded with UO2 and mixed oxide fuel assemblies indicate the validity of the present method for cell-homogenized pin-by-pin SP3 calculations. Homogenization errors on keff and pin-power distribution are significantly reduced by the present DFs. The proposed DFs can be used for practical pin-by-pin core analyses using the SP3 theory.