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The Young Members Group works to encourage and enable all young professional members to be actively involved in the efforts and endeavors of the Society at all levels (Professional Divisions, ANS Governance, Local Sections, etc.) as they transition from the role of a student to the role of a professional. It sponsors non-technical workshops and meetings that provide professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals, collaborates with other Divisions and Groups in developing technical and non-technical content for topical and national meetings, encourages its members to participate in the activities of the Groups and Divisions that are closely related to their professional interests as well as in their local sections, introduces young members to the rules and governance structure of the Society, and nominates young professionals for awards and leadership opportunities available to members.
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Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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.
Dennis L. Berry
Nuclear Technology | Volume 53 | Number 2 | May 1981 | Pages 204-216
Technical Paper | Realistic Estimates of the Consequences of Nuclear Accident / Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32625
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A review of the analysis techniques currently available for evaluating the adequacy of fire barriers revealed several shortcomings that may render these techniques inappropriate for nuclear power plant applications.In particular, current fire barrier analysis methods are either cumbersome or unconservative. An alternative to these methods was developed using a knowledge of the influences on fire severity of fuel load, room size, and available air for combustion. By performing a parametric heat balance for a room, temperature changes versus time were calculated as a function of fuel load, room size, and airflow rate. When combined with time-temperature criteria used in fire barrier testing, the parametric heat balance equations defined those combinations of fuel load and airflow for which barriers can be expected to survive under the most severe fire conditions. The results of this calculational model were simplified into several plots for convenience of analysis. These plots were used to demonstrate the analysis technique with parameters taken from several actual power plant areas.