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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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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.
G. Spannagel, M. J. Canty, E. A. Kern
Nuclear Technology | Volume 74 | Number 1 | July 1986 | Pages 65-75
Technical Paper | Fuel Cycle | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33819
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The near real-time material accountancy (NRTMA) method might be applied for safeguarding of the chemical process area of future reprocessing plants. Experimental data are not yet available for testing the capability of the NRTMA method but can be simulated using a digital computer. The mathematical modeling of the plutonium-bearing components of reprocessing plants is discussed, and results obtained by simulation models are presented. Particular attention is given to the long-term net fluctuations of plutonium inventories in hard-to-measure components such as the solvent extraction contactors. Comparing the variance of these inventories with the measurement variance for plutonium contained in feed, analysis, and buffer tanks, it is concluded that direct or indirect periodic estimation of contactor inventories would not contribute significantly to improving the quality of closed material balances over the process material balance area.