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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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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.
E. Dow Whitney, Dae Joon Kim, Dennis S. Tucker+
Nuclear Technology | Volume 69 | Number 2 | May 1985 | Pages 154-160
Technical Paper | Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT85-A33626
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The containment of an aggressive high-temperature reactive fluoride atmosphere, such as exists in a pulsed gaseous core nuclear system, requires the use of protective materials that will either not react in this environment or will form stable nonvolatile fluorides, thus passivating the surface against further reaction. Candidate protective materials for gaseous core reactors were identified for further investigation on the basis of their thermodynamic and mechanical properties. Materials included aluminum oxide (Al2O3), yttrium oxide (Y2O3), mixtures of Al2O3 and Y2O3, magnesium oxide (MgO), and pyrophyllite [Al2(Si2O5)2(OH)2]. Pioneering studies at the University of Florida on the use of infrared reflection spectroscopy (IRRS) for nondestructive surface analysis, along with x-ray diffraction pattern (XDP) studies, were applied to the analysis of UF6 material/surface interactions. Candidate materials were subjected to a UF6 atmosphere (973 K, 87 Torr, with 1- to 5-h exposures). The IRRS and XDP analyses of the materials after exposure showed no surface product formation in the case of the first four protective materials. For pyrophyllite, a mechanically and chemically stable protective surface fluoride film was formed.