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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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NRC engineers share their expertise at the University of Puerto Rico
Robert Roche-Rivera and Marcos Rolón-Acevedo are licensed professional engineers who work at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. They are also alumni of the University of Puerto Rico–Mayagüez (UPRM) and have been sharing their knowledge and experience with students at their alma mater since last year, serving as adjunct professors in the university’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. During the 2023–2024 school year, they each taught two courses: Fundamentals of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and Nuclear Power Plant Engineering.
Dilpuneet Aidhy, Dieter Wolf
Nuclear Technology | Volume 182 | Number 2 | May 2013 | Pages 138-144
Technical Paper | Special Issue on the Symposium on Radiation Effects in Ceramic Oxide and Novel LWR Fuels / Fuel Cycle and Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT13-A16425
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We use molecular dynamics simulations to study the irradiation-induced point-defect clustering kinetics in CeO2 as a surrogate for UO2, the most widely used nuclear fuel. Remarkably, the cluster-formation mechanism involves a partial self-healing response of the perfect crystal to the radiation-induced defects, by spontaneous creation of new point defects with negative formation energy. These "structural" defects neutralize the cluster by screening its long-range Coulomb potential, thereby localizing the damage. The observation of a similar lattice response in MgO and UO2, in spite of very different types of clusters involved, suggests that this partial self-healing screening behavior may be intrinsic to all ionic crystals.