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Isotopes & Radiation
Members are devoted to applying nuclear science and engineering technologies involving isotopes, radiation applications, and associated equipment in scientific research, development, and industrial processes. Their interests lie primarily in education, industrial uses, biology, medicine, and health physics. Division committees include Analytical Applications of Isotopes and Radiation, Biology and Medicine, Radiation Applications, Radiation Sources and Detection, and Thermal Power Sources.
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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.
Tetsuya Miyake, Kunihiko Takeda, Hatsuki Onitsuka, Toshinori Watanabe
Nuclear Technology | Volume 73 | Number 1 | April 1986 | Pages 116-123
Technical Paper | Radioisotopes and Isotope Separation | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A16208
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experiments and computer simulation show that the uranium enrichment factor in redox chromatography is determined substantially by electron exchange, isotope adsorption-desorption, and oxidation state adsorption-desorption equilibria. Computer simulation utilizing the theoretical model closely predicts the difference between the value of an enrichment factor derived from the solution equilibrium and that observed in the chromatographic isotope separation, which is attributable to a biased distribution of uranium ions between the solid and liquid phases and a nonequilibrium state in the separation column, thus allowing elucidation of the separation mechanism. A theoretical description of the central role of this enrichment factor in determining plant size and economics is presented.