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Operations & Power
Members focus on the dissemination of knowledge and information in the area of power reactors with particular application to the production of electric power and process heat. The division sponsors meetings on the coverage of applied nuclear science and engineering as related to power plants, non-power reactors, and other nuclear facilities. It encourages and assists with the dissemination of knowledge pertinent to the safe and efficient operation of nuclear facilities through professional staff development, information exchange, and supporting the generation of viable solutions to current issues.
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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.
Philip M. Garrett
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 1 | June 1979 | Pages 91-96
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32242
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
An “as low as is reasonably achievable” (ALARA) assessment of occupational radiation exposures requires that a cost-benefit analysis be performed to determine which exposures should be incrementally reduced. Such an analysis not only takes into account the potential benefits of societal health cost savings that may result from lower exposures, but also involves an understanding of the potential beneficial or detrimental effects that changes in plant availability and manpower requirements can have on personnel exposures and on plant operating and capital costs. Although the parameters necessary to perform a cost-benefit analysis for defining ALARA exposure levels for radiation workers have not yet been completely quantified, many research programs are currently under way to develop the requisite theoretical framework and data bases to fully characterize nuclear power plant design features and operating procedures for application in ALARA evaluations of occupational radiation exposures. For example, a recent investigation has shown that limitations to worker productivity and possibly plant availability due to external radiation exposures may occur only if a worker reaches his administrative dose limit. Hence, unless a worker reaches his administrative dose limit, a utility does not incur extra operating expenses (personnel requirements or extentions of outages) because of external radiation exposures, which can significantly affect the magnitude of the benefit-to-cost ratio.