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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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Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
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.
Katsuro Takahashi, Yoshiaki Himeno, Nobutomo Takahashi, June Takahashi, Tatsuro Iguchi
Nuclear Technology | Volume 54 | Number 3 | September 1981 | Pages 278-285
Technical Paper | Material | doi.org/10.13182/NT81-A32772
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Recent intensive development tests of components for liquid-metal fast breeder reactors by use of sodium test loops require a reliable and easy method to solve problems associated with cold traps plugged by a large amount of impurities. Although the functioning of the cold traps is fundamental for controlling of sodium purity in such loops, problems sometimes occur because of plugging with sodium impurities. To establish a method to remove trapped impurities in the cold trap and thus to recover its trapping capacity, a regeneration test was made. Trapped impurities in the mesh region of the cold trap were heated with sodium up to 450 to 600°C, then drained into a small tank. The regenerations were made by this method more than 14 times. Chemical analysis of drained sodium in the tank indicated that all of the regenerations made were effective, and drained impurities were collected and concentrated successfully into the tank.