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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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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NRC holds public hearing on proposed Palisades restart
Dozens gathered last week at a public hearing hosted by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to get feedback on the proposal to restart the Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan.
The NRC is beginning its environmental review of plans to repower Palisades after it was shut down in May 2022 and was headed for permanent decommissioning. If the restart is successful, this would be the first return to service of a shuttered U.S. nuclear plant.
Tony A. Gabriel, John M. Barnes, Lowell A. Charlton, James DiStefano, Ken Farrell, John Haines, Jeffrey O. Johnson, Louis K. Mansur, Steve J. Pawel, Moshe Siman-Tov, Rusi Taleyarkhan, Mark W. Wendel, Thomas J. McManamy, Mark J. Rennich
Nuclear Technology | Volume 132 | Number 1 | October 2000 | Pages 49-60
Technical Paper | Accelerator Applications | doi.org/10.13182/NT00-A3128
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The purpose and requirements of target systems as well as the technologies that are being utilized to design and build a state-of-the-art neutron spallation source, the Spallation Neutron Source, are discussed. Emphasis is given to the technology issues that present the greatest scientific challenges. The present facility configuration, ongoing analysis, and planned hardware research and development program are also described.