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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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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.
Michael S. McGough, William E. Austin, George J. Knetl
Nuclear Technology | Volume 87 | Number 3 | November 1989 | Pages 648-659
Technical Paper | TMI-2: Remote Technology and Engineering / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27717
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The lower core support assembly (LCSA) of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 reactor was not structurally damaged during the accident. In order to permit defueling of that region of the core, the LCSA was cut to permit access. A five-axis teleoperator was developed to deliver plasma cutting, rotary grinding, and abrasive water-jetting end effectors to the LCSA. In addition, the automated cutting equipment system (ACES) manipulator and plasma system were used for vertical sectioning of the baffle plates. The ACES and the end effectors were designed, fabricated, tested, and implemented in the field by PCI Energy Services. Complex geometry sectioning was completed in a mock-up facility at chemistry and pressure conditions simulating those of the vessel, prior to actual in-vessel operations. In-vessel activities began in early May of 1988 and were completed on April 11, 1989.