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The mission of the Decommissioning and Environmental Sciences (DES) Division is to promote the development and use of those skills and technologies associated with the use of nuclear energy and the optimal management and stewardship of the environment, sustainable development, decommissioning, remediation, reutilization, and long-term surveillance and maintenance of nuclear-related installations, and sites. The target audience for this effort is the membership of the Division, the Society, and the public at large.
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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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Four million nuclear jobs by 2050: Who will do them?
Industry leaders from around the globe met this month to discuss the talent development that will be necessary for the long-term success of the nuclear industry.
The International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, was held in Vienna earlier this month. Discussed there was the agency’s forecast for nuclear capacity to more than double—or hopefully triple—by 2050 and the requirement of more than four million professionals to support the industry.
Takao Hayashi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 78 | Number 3 | September 1987 | Pages 216-226
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A15987
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The heat transport capability of the steam generator (SG) in a high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) is compared with SGs in other reactor types, for example, in gas-cooled reactors, pressurized water reactors, and liquid-metal fast breeder reactors (LMFBRs). The comparison is done in the form of q = Q/A (kW/m2), where Q is the reactor thermal output (in kilowatts) and A is the total heat transfer area (in square metres) of the SG. It is found that the HTGR SG has unexpectedly excellent characteristics, in spite of the low expectations of the gas-heating SG. In the area of heat transport capability, the HTGR SG is by no means inferior to (and may be superior to) light water reactors and LMFBRs. The reasons for this are explained and analyzed. The q value directly affects the design of the SG and the reactor, thus having a great impact on the cost of the plant. The greater q value of the HTGR SG lends optimistic views on the economics, at least on the HTGR SG design.
