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Education, Training & Workforce Development
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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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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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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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
Galina Chabratova, Lars Leistam
Nuclear Technology | Volume 124 | Number 2 | November 1998 | Pages 183-191
Technical Paper | Accelerators | doi.org/10.13182/NT98-A2918
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Estimates are presented of the radiation environment for POINT2 of the Large Hadron Collider, where the ALICE detector is to be located. The radiation environment is studied in terms of two points of accidental beam losses. The dose level in the region of the counting rooms is lower than the recommended CERN limit of 50 mSv. The radiation level behind the access shielding at the air-duct chicane is not higher than 10 mSv; this area is also appropriated for use as a public area. A more complicated situation is in the machine bypass region. The dose level in the tunnel is a few hundred millisieverts, and a decrease of this level could be achieved by increasing the thickness of the wall or the beam pipe shielding.
