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Materials Science & Technology
The objectives of MSTD are: promote the advancement of materials science in Nuclear Science Technology; support the multidisciplines which constitute it; encourage research by providing a forum for the presentation, exchange, and documentation of relevant information; promote the interaction and communication among its members; and recognize and reward its members for significant contributions to the field of materials science in nuclear technology.
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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.
A. B. Reynolds, J. L. Kelly, S. T. Kim
Nuclear Technology | Volume 74 | Number 1 | July 1986 | Pages 76-83
Technical Paper | Nuclear Fuel | doi.org/10.13182/NT86-A33820
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Fractional release rates of relatively low volatility fission products from fuel have been measured at the Sascha facility at Karlsruhe, Federal Republic of Germany, and elsewhere as a function of fuel temperature. A mass transfer model was developed to calculate these release rates. Of six materials (fission products or fission product oxides) analyzed at temperatures from 1800 to 2400°C, favorable comparisons between experiments and theory were obtained for silver, antimony, ruthenium, BaO, and ZrO2, while insufficient experimental data were available for SrO. The favorable comparison for the five materials provides a strong argument that vaporization mass transfer is controlling the release rate for certain low-volatility fission products.