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Human Factors, Instrumentation & Controls
Improving task performance, system reliability, system and personnel safety, efficiency, and effectiveness are the division's main objectives. Its major areas of interest include task design, procedures, training, instrument and control layout and placement, stress control, anthropometrics, psychological input, and motivation.
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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.
M. J. Hazzan, M. S. Stocknoff, David W. Barcomb, Timothy Irving
Nuclear Technology | Volume 69 | Number 3 | June 1985 | Pages 249-256
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33608
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
To perform a realistic dose assessment, a data collection program was initiated to determine what balance of plant systems contribute to operational exposure. Six utilities that operate boiling water reactors participated in the program. As a result of the study, systems or components that were most important with respect to crud-based radiation were identified. The study focused on the following systems: residual heat removal, spent fuel cooling and cleanup, transverse in-core probes, flow and equipment drains, feed, reactor water cleanup, and steam systems. During the study, additional components or systems where no crud-based radiation was expected were identified, e.g., control rod drive pumps, scram discharge volumes, and certain condensate system equipment. It is expected that this information will help utility operators limit crud-producing radiation doses by providing prior knowledge of potential and buildup.