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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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BWXT will scout potential TRISO fuel production sites in Wyoming
BWX Technologies Inc. announced today that its Advanced Technologies subsidiary has signed a cooperation agreement with the state of Wyoming to evaluate locations and requirements for siting a potential new TRISO nuclear fuel fabrication facility in the state.
R. B. Richman
Nuclear Technology | Volume 1 | Number 3 | June 1965 | Pages 267-270
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NT65-A20512
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Methods were devised to use electrical resistance probes in the low-temperature water-cooled Hanford reactors to measure corrosion continuously during reactor operation and during chemical decontamination. The changing resistance of a corroding test element is compared with the resistance of a protected reference element. Typical probe results showed carbon-steel corrosion ranging from a 1 unit/y equilibrium rate to a 1050 units/y maximum rate during decontamination. (An arbitrary rate scale is used to obviate security classification.) Total corrosion from decontamination was equal to about 1.5 months of reactor operation.