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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
Standards Program
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.
Tsutomu Otsuka, Koichi Sekimizu, Yasunori Sakamoto, Nobuhiko Netsu, Akio Yanagisawa, Kiyoshi Niki, Atsuro Kawamura
Nuclear Technology | Volume 59 | Number 2 | November 1982 | Pages 199-211
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT82-A33023
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Reactor Management System (RMS), an on-line system with a minicomputer, has been in operation at a boiling water reactor (BWR) nuclear power plant since 1977. The objectives of this system are to perform detailed monitoring and prediction of the core status and to make reactor operation more efficient, simpler, and easier. One of the features of the system is that the RMS utilizes process computer calculated data (such as power distribution and exposure distribution in the core) transferred through the data link, as well as the plant data (such as local power range monitor readings and control rod positions) transferred through the process input/output system. Based on operational experience at the BWR plant, calculation models have been improved to achieve higher accuracy, and new functions have been added to fulfill the operator’s demands. The system has now become a useful tool for the operator. For instance, the power level prediction function has become essential for plant operation at the control rod pattern change.