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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
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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.
Douglas R. Smith, Robert W. Albrecht
Nuclear Technology | Volume 79 | Number 1 | October 1987 | Pages 35-50
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT87-A16003
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A recent development in passive safety devices for advanced liquid-metal reactors is the installation of manometerlike core assemblies called gas enhancement modules (GEMs). Knowledge of the liquid sodium level within the GEMs is required to monitor GEM operation. A microwave, resonant cavity level measurement technique has been laboratory tested on a scale model of a GEM assembly in a nonsodium environment. The theory behind this method is discussed, and the experimental results are shown to compare well with those predicted by theoretical calculation. The resonant cavity level detector tracked extremely well over the desired 0.1524- to 1.1176-m range of operation and provided accurate, reproducible results well within the desired ±25.4-mm actual level. When tested for vibrational stability, level errors of only 0.254 mm were observed. The effects of material differences between the experimental GEM (copper) and the actual GEM (Type 304 stainless steel) are calculated. The actual GEM will have poorer resolution but still be within ±25.4-mm actual level. Temperature effects are also calculated and produce a 10.5 kHz/°C shift in resonant frequency, which could cause the indicated level to exceed the ±25.4 mm allowed if large (∼149°C) temperature changes occur.