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Accelerator Applications
The division was organized to promote the advancement of knowledge of the use of particle accelerator technologies for nuclear and other applications. It focuses on production of neutrons and other particles, utilization of these particles for scientific or industrial purposes, such as the production or destruction of radionuclides significant to energy, medicine, defense or other endeavors, as well as imaging and diagnostics.
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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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Four million nuclear jobs by 2050: Who will do them?
Industry leaders from around the globe met this month to discuss the talent development that will be necessary for the long-term success of the nuclear industry.
The International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, was held in Vienna earlier this month. Discussed there was the agency’s forecast for nuclear capacity to more than double—or hopefully triple—by 2050 and the requirement of more than four million professionals to support the industry.
Daniel Cubicciotti, Bal Raj Sehgal
Nuclear Technology | Volume 67 | Number 2 | November 1984 | Pages 191-207
Technical Paper | Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT84-A33510
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The vaporization of core materials other than fission products during a postulated severe light water reactor accident is treated by chemical thermodynamics. The core materials considered were (a) the control rod materials, silver, cadmium, and indium; (b) the structural materials, iron, chromium, nickel, and manganese; (c) cladding material, zirconium and tin; and (d) the fuel, uranium oxide. Thermodynamic data employed for the solid and gaseous elements and oxides were based on measurements, while the data for the gaseous hydroxides were generally based on estimates from literature. Thermodynamic criteria were derived to determine whether the metallic element or the solid oxide was the stable condensed phase for the accident environmental conditions. Equations for the partial pressures for all gaseous species were also derived. The relevant environmental conditions were provided by the pressurized water reactor and boiling water reactor heat-up thermal-hydraulic codes. The volatilities of the core materials were found to decrease roughly in the following order: cadmium, indium, tin, iron, silver, manganese, nickel, chromium, uranium, and zirconium. Cadmium and indium would provide the largest mass of core material that can be transported out of the core.