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Radiation Protection & Shielding
The Radiation Protection and Shielding Division is developing and promoting radiation protection and shielding aspects of nuclear science and technology — including interaction of nuclear radiation with materials and biological systems, instruments and techniques for the measurement of nuclear radiation fields, and radiation shield design and evaluation.
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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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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.
C. W. (SWEDE) Hultman, Richard W. Jackson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 4 | December 1989 | Pages 1109-1111
Late Paper | TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27701
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After the March 1979 accident, standard procedures to remove the reactor vessel head and plenum could not be used at Three Mile Island Unit 2 because of damage to its core, resulting in higher-than-normal radiation levels and airborne radioactive contamination. A plan that emphasized special precautions to minimize personnel exposure and to preclude the spread of contamination was developed. It encompassed modifications to existing equipment and methods of work, and it relied on remotely controlled operations for the safe removal and storage of the reactor vessel head and plenum. The head was removed and stored in July 1984. The plenum was removed and stored in May 1985.