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Division Spotlight
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.
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.
Wolfgang K. E. Braun, Klaus Hassmann, Hans-Henning Hennies, J. Peter Hosemann
Nuclear Technology | Volume 72 | Number 3 | March 1986 | Pages 268-290
Technical Paper | Radiation Protection and Health Physics Practices and Experience in Operating Reactors Internationally / Fission Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33766
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A survey of the engineered design of the containment of a standard German pressurized water reactor of the 1300-MW(electric) category is presented. One essential part of the containment consists of a 4-cm-thick and 56-m-diam detached steel shell, surrounded by a 2-m-thick concrete shielding. Between the concrete shell and the containment, an annulus has been provided that can be vented via filters under accident conditions. In numerous experiments, the extraordinarily conservative approach in the layout of the structure has been proved to withstand the loss-of-coolant design-basis accident. This conservative approach in design also has positive effects in restricting the consequences of a core meltdown accident.
