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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.
Meeting Spotlight
Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo (UWC 2024)
August 4–7, 2024
Marco Island, FL|JW Marriott Marco Island
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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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.
Joël Branchu, Charles Gigarel
Nuclear Technology | Volume 68 | Number 2 | February 1985 | Pages 135-145
Technical Paper | Fabrication of Components of the Creys-Malville Plant / Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33549
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The reactor block constitutes a highly complex key component in a pool-type breeder reactor, the difficulties involved being considerably heightened for Creys-Malville by its prototype character, involving a considerable scale-up from Phénix, with several important design changes. Problems arose in the course of design engineering, but also throughout the manufacturing stage: steel plate elaboration, welding, shaping, etc. The construction approach adopted involved consistent interaction between structure fabrication and the structural analyses underlying design and sizing documents. These carefully defined procedures are described using certain typical examples. For the very large structures, factory fabrication preceded site workshop assembly. Related technical difficulties are evoked, as, for instance, welding problems, compliance with tight dimensional tolerances, technological test mock-ups, structure stress relieving, assembly of heat insulating material, the general reactor block assembly operations, with the associated constant cleanliness requirements, and the overall leaktight testing. The knowledge acquired is already being applied in connection with the Superphénix 2 preliminary design.